Classic Comments on the Quote

[LaynaLyn]

"There is a difference between Moses and Paul. Moses was the great Law-giver to the nation of Israel, while Paul is the great dispenser of Grace to the Church, the Body of Christ."
— Henry Grube

LLapp
March 16, 2019, 2:47 am
Thanks Viktoria, what you wrote is exactly the distinction that I see between embracing the teachings of Jesus, which I do, and believing he was a savior, which I don't. I believe the human condition, not sin, is at the base of human suffering, and that salvation, if there is such a thing, lies in the work we all do, in our own private ways, to be at peace with being human.

Persephone59
October 2, 2021, 3:01 am
Is being a Grace dispenser anything like being a Pez dispenser? Sorry, not in a serious mood just now. Well, actually I'm not sorry.
Fudi
October 15, 2022, 5:16 pm
Paul was the cute one. Everyone knows that.

[LaynaLyn]

"He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama."
— E.M. Cioran

agatha
January 1, 2011, 3:30 pm
Well, I hath lusted after the young asparagus stalk. Doth that count?
universalmom
July 18, 2012, 5:40 am
Okay, what on earth does envying a vegetable mean??
Queethebean
August 8, 2012, 11:08 pm
I guess one's life could be so chaotic that one might wish one were a zucchini.
Allen
December 12, 2013, 2:01 am
I envy vegetables--they're so...grounded!

haverwench
July 5, 2015, 3:41 am
I suspect we're about to beet this pun to death.

maradnu
January 23, 2018, 3:24 pm
All we are saying is give peas a chance

montyb
April 28, 2019, 4:20 pm
I think more people than we realize are envious of vegetables. Go to any beach and see all those poor saps futilely trying to photosynthesize.