bible and theology on World

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

The world, though, is protean: each generation has the world to deal with in a new form. World is an atmosphere, a mood. It is nearly as hard for a sinner to recognize the world’s temptations as it is...

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

The world is an example of the workings of God, because while we observe the work, the Worker is brought before us.

If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest.

The world is a work of art, set before all for contemplation, so that through it the wisdom of Him who created it should be known …"

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

A time will come when the whole world will go mad. And to anyone who is not mad they will say: 'You are mad, for you are not like us.

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil,...

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

The world, in fact, is not as it had been represented to us. Things are not all right as they are, and they are not getting any better. We have been told the lie ever since we can remember: human bein...

As the world is weary of me so am I of it.

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greate...

Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.

Who am I? How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this.

“What is wrong with the world today?” a Times newspaper editorial once asked. G. K. Chesterton wrote in reply, “Dear sirs, I am. Yours faithfully, G.K. Chesterton.”

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

The world is God’s way of bestowing blessings upon us. Our times are ordered by God according to the seasons of the year, according to the seasons of life, according to the needs of the day.

The World watches the slandered church as something of a vain curiosity, but in reality, the church is a spectacle of her own—a large cast collectively playing the starring role as bride of in the hum...

A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world-and might be even more difficult...

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

The “world” of 1 John 2:15 doesn’t refer to the created order or to the blessings that come from living in a modern society, such as modern conveniences or medical and scientific advances. For God cre...

Don’t believe the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing—it was here first.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

The world needs the church, not to help the world run more smoothly or to make the world a better and safer place for Christians to live. Rather, the world needs the church because, without the church...

We need to be careful to define what the Bible does and does not mean by “the world.”  It does not mean the created order—mountains, lakes, forests, deserts, seas, animals and people—especially people...