Living Right Quotes

“Once I realized we were choosing which parts to follow and which parts to leave behind, I listened to God more than to the minister of my church.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Living Right

“Jenn’s mind was reeling, but before she could form a response, Maya went on. “I also realized that, more than anything else, Jesus asks us to love one another. He tells us to throw away so many rules that are in the Old Testament because they don’t serve to create love in the world. Why did I feel compelled to follow one rule of Leviticus about a man lying with another man but not so many of the others, like eating shellfish or wearing mixed fabrics? It seems laughable that someone would go to hell for eating shellfish. I asked myself, why are we elevating one law so far above the others? Does caring about that law create more love or less? When it came to my judgment of my own son, it was less.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Living Right

“It’s complicated, Jenn. I’m not going to compromise my values, but sometimes being Christian means being respectful of people who don’t share my beliefs.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Living Right

“Honey, we don’t hate homosexuals!” Jenn exclaimed. She was shocked to hear something like that come out of Josh’s mouth. “Don’t ever think that. We want to help them find their way back to righteous living.”
― Laila Ibrahim, Living Right