Where the life-giving Spirit of the peace of God fills and unites men, it expresses its infinite power in an activity of love which is as many-sided as it is unified, as moved and stirred as it is firm and steadfast, as manifold and varied as it is whole and undivided.
- Eberhard Arnold
July 19,2026
- Eberhard Arnold InnerlandJust as the earth would be no less dead than the moon but for its glowing depths—just as the inner core contains the vital strength of a fruit—just as the beautiful chalice-like petals of a flower hold the organs of its fertilization hidden within it—in the same way there can be but one center for all vital energy: that which is within and hidden.
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God himself is the giver. The Spirit gave God’s fiery brand into the Son’s hand. The torch of wrath became the giver of life. The glowing heat of judgment has gushed forth into the fire of life. It lives in the light of love which liberates and gathers us.
- Eberhard Arnold
The reality of repentance and of our smallness is effective only if one takes the smallness for granted. As long as that which moves us is not God and His kingdom but instead “my” heart, “my” inadequacy, “my” remorse and “my” repentance, the whole thing is and remains a completely heathen idolatry.
- Eberhard Arnold