from love alone

"Should I worship Him from fear of hell, may I be cast into it. Should I serve Him from desire of gaining heaven, may He keep me out. But should I worship Him from love alone, may He reveal Himself to me, that my whole heart may be filled with His love and presence."

--Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929), Meditations on Various Aspects of the Spiritual Life

Damned

"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for."

--C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Hell

"In the long run, the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell is...a question: 'What are you asking God to do?' To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that that is what He does."
--C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

What do you think the world needs most?

We need an unveiling. We need to see ourselves as we really are. If we believed that God is who He says He is and that we are who He says we are, everything in our lives would be different. But without even realizing it, we see ourselves through pride-frosted lenses, believing God owes us something--anything!--and in doing so we smear His name and cheapen His glory. We are angry at the idea that a loving God could create hell...because we don't understand God's glory and we feel He owes us. If we can't see ourselves as God sees us, we can never be healed.