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Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love QUOTES

Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love QUOTES

1 " Avid TV viewers are more likely than others to believe their neighborhoods are unsafe, assume that crime rates are rising, and overestimate their odds of becoming a victim, and they are more likely to own guns. "

― William H. Willimon , Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love

2 " really believed what he wrote in The Gulag Archipelago: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties . . . but right through every human heart” (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago: 1918–56 [Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1973]). "

― William H. Willimon , Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love

3 " Love your neighbor as yourself” cannot mean love your neighbor as if your neighbor were you. Only "

― William H. Willimon , Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love

4 " I know a church that spends three times more money on security (uniformed guards on Sunday morning, CCTV, alarms) than it spends on evangelism, welcome, and outreach. Judging from the median age of the congregation, this church will close in less than ten years. It is the nature of the body of Christ that locked doors are ultimately more costly to the survival of the church than open doors. There is a high price to be paid for fearing the threat of the Other more than we fear disappointing Jesus. "

― William H. Willimon , Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love