Matthew Henry Quotes

We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.

Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.

Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming.

Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.

Capitalism is destroying Mother Earth, and to destroy Mother Earth is to destroy humanity.

We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.

The only way to get to Heaven is to go through Hell.

...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.

The environmental crisis is a sign that the ecosphere is now so heavily strained that its continued stability is threatened. It is a warning that we must discover the source of this suicidal drive and master it before it destroys the environment-and ourselves.

Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total energy usage around the planet. One leads to ecological collapse. The other is a reversion, in many ways, to poverty.

If you're looking ecologically, then we are in very big trouble, yes. But if you're talking about people sinking, I'm not so sure that's true. There are cycles of rise and fall, as there have been since time immemorial.

Laying up treasures in heaven will draw the heart heavenward.

What if we're wrong and there is no climate change? Well, by doing everything possible to address it, we will still use less water, stimulate new energy savings and, in time, money-saving technologies, enjoy cleaner air, and preserve more forests and trees and animals.

I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet.

We the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency-a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential...the earth has a fever. And the fever is rising...Indeed, without realizing it, we have begun to wage war on earth itself.

The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.

We know, at least, that this decision (ending factory farming) will help prevent deforestation, curb global warming, reduce pollution, save oil reserves, lessen the burden on rural America, decrease human rights abuses, improve publish health, and help eliminate the most systematic animal abuse in history.

We have arrived at a moment of decision. Our home - Earth - is in grave danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, of course, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.

But wells don't come without first begging to see the wells; wells don't come without first splitting open hard earth, cracking back the lids. There's no seeing God face-to-face without first the ripping.

One drop of Christ's blood is worth more than heaven and earth.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.

We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.