Propaganda begins when dialogue ends. Jacques Ellul More Quotes by Jacques Ellul More Quotes From Jacques Ellul In reality this is the very reverse of what we are told about the biblical God, who opens up freedom for us, who lets us make our own history, who goes with us on the more or less unheard-of adventures that we concoct. Jacques Ellul unheard biblical adventure Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine. Jacques Ellul complexes machines men If man--if each one of us--abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to leading a trivial existence in a technological civilization, with greater adaptation and increasing success as his sole objectives; if we do not even consider the possibility of making a stand against these determinants, then everything will happen as I have described it, and the determinates will be transformed into inevitabilities. Jacques Ellul responsibility men civilization Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society. Jacques Ellul demand media links For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived. Jacques Ellul integrated existence mean Salvation is universal because the love of God encompasses all. If God is God and if God is love, nothing is outside the love of God. A place like hell is thus inconceivable. Jacques Ellul god-is-love hell god-love God is not an encyclopedia whose task is to satisfy our curiosity. Jacques Ellul encyclopedia tasks curiosity All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis. Jacques Ellul analysis secret facts Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible. Jacques Ellul creation prayer together history
