53 quotes found
“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yard...”
“So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not.”
“Christian, how did you enjoy comfort before? Was the creature anything to you but a conduit, a pipe, that conveyed God's goodness to you? 'The pipe is cut off,' says God, 'come to me, the fountain,...”
“Do not think, Oh, that I were delivered from all these afflictions and troubles here in this world! If you were, then you would have more ease yourself, but this is a way of honoring God, and manif...”
“In a clock, stop but one wheel and you stop every wheel, because they are dependent upon one another. So when God has ordered a thing for the present to be thus and thus, how do you know how many t...”
“God has a habit of using people, their gifts, and their resources to carry out His plans. In fact, we were created to be Gods deputies, doing His work on earth.”
“Sounding frank, honest, and sincere is, of course, a rhetorical strategy in itself, known from ancient literature as parrhesia. Its often employed by liars.”
“Like lambs to the slaughter.”
“It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared.”
“It’s fairly simple. When can we pray? All the time. When should we praise God? Whenever we pray.”
“Darkness does something to a place, doesn’t it? It distorts. It becomes a canvas for the imagination. The good news is that shadows are only the deflection of light. They can frighten, but they can...”
“Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.” - Bell Hooks”
“In a world that contains tragedies, we must realize that they’re vastly outnumbered by blessings.”
