I’m Gonna Let it Shine…

Jesus once said:

Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

– Matthew 5.16

Some other people have said:

It is striking that the early Quaker abolitionists and Christian pacifists in different ages had a public impact precisely by witness rather than by argument according to ‘publicly acceptable’ criteria.

– William Placher, Unapologetic Theology: A Christian Voice in a Pluralistic Conversation (1989), p. 167.

The world’s cynicism and unbelief make the courage, continuity, and conviction of anybody, even ordinary people, appear to be adventurous and heroic. An unbelieving world can make a saint out of anybody who dares to be faithful.

– Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon, Resident Aliens (1989), p. 58.

In a culture full of doubt as to whether there is a God who loves and cares for the world, godliness helps to keep alive the plausibility of Christian conviction.

– John Stackhouse Jr., Humble Apologetics (2002), p. 224.

If we just care enough, God is in safe hands with us – despite everything.

– Etty Hillesum, died November 30, 1943, Auschwitz, Poland.