50 quotes found
Writer · American
American writer
“What a comfort to know that God is a poet.”
“There is not a corner of this world that God has abandoned.”
“We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.”
“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”
“Faith is something you take a day at a time, not something you figured out at the start”
“As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.”
“You can't get too far into the Gospels without noticing that Jesus made a pretty lousy apologist.”
“When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.”
“Invariably, I will be referred to Gleason Archer's massive Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, a heavy volume that seeks to provide the reader with sound explanations for every conceivable puzzle f...”
“I dont respect my husband because he is the man and I am the woman, and its my place to submit to him. I respect Dan because he is a good person, and because he has made me a better person too.”
“Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.”
“God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.”
“Caring for the poor, resting on the Sabbath, showing hospitality and keeping the homethese are important things that can lead us to God, but God is not contained in them.”
“(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.”
“My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not becau...”
“According to the Talmud, loshon hara kills three people: the one who speaks it, the one who hears it, and the one about whom it is told. 'Kill' may strike the modern reader as a bit hyperbolic, but...”
“I played my role as the good Christian girl and spared everyone the drama of an argument. But that decision to remain silent split me in two. It convinced me that I could never really be myself in ...”
“Turns out, I wasn't the only one struggling with doubt. I wasn't the only one questioning my church's position on homosexuality and gender roles, and a whole host of other issues. I wasn't the only...”
“And so, at least symbolically, the blood of Eve courses through each one of her daughters' veins. We are each associated with life; each subject to the impossible expectations and cruel projections...”
“Scripture doesnt speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.”
“Church isnt about you! Its about worshipping Jesus. Instead of being consumers, lets go to church and ask what we can give Jesus because of all he has given us.”
“If you are looking for verses with which to oppress women, you will find them. If you are looking for verses with which to liberate and honor women, you will find them.”
