God is not a doormat, nor should anyone else be a doormat. Lewis B. Smedes More Quotes by Lewis B. Smedes More Quotes From Lewis B. Smedes Some people have loved ones they will not forsake, even though they are a pain in the neck. Lewis B. Smedes some-people loved pain people Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts. Lewis B. Smedes live respect society people God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives. Lewis B. Smedes us god believe way Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community. Lewis B. Smedes common-sense community real people In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account. Lewis B. Smedes community teacher long world My father was only thirty-one when he died of a heart attack, much too young for a father to die and leave his young wife with five rambunctious little kids to take care of. I was the youngest. Only a couple of months old when he died. Lewis B. Smedes die wife heart father
