“True Religion, in God’s eyes, is islam: devotion to Him alone. … Ask those who were given the Scripture, as well as those without one, ‘Do you too devote yourselves to Him alone?’ If they do, they will be guided, but if they turn away, your only duty is to convey the message.” (Quran, 3:19–20)
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We ARE the World
As members of the Church of Jesus Christ, we often reference the axiom to “be in the World but not of the World.” This harks back to Christ’s prayer for his apostles, “not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil” (John 17:15). All too often, however, we take this principle out of context and extrapolate its meaning to an extent that can be harmful not just to our own spiritual understanding, but to our ability to exercise true Christlike love toward everyone—everyone—around us.
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The Commonplace Notebook 