28 quotes found
“Tko npr. formulira govor o Bogu Abrahamovu, Izakovu i Jakovljevu tako da se u njemu vie ne uje Jobov uzdisaj i tualjka 'Ta dokle jo?', taj se ne bavi teologijom nego mitologijom.”
“But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.”
“For when God is said by these things to try men and prove them, to see what is in their hearts and whether they will keep His commandments or no, we are not to understand, that it is for His own in...”
“Did god make man too perfect,So that a piece has to be removedthrough circumcision?”
“Should one of them after having caught the greatness of Abraham's deed, but also the appallingness of it, venture out on the road, I would saddle my horse and ride along with him. At every stop bef...”
“Abraham I cannot understand; in a way all I can learn from him is to be amazed. If one imagines one can be moved to faith by considering the outcome of this story, one deceives oneself, and is out ...”
“Change your mind and change your whole life experience.”
“I think I have a very good idea why it is that anti-Semitism is so tenacious and so protean and so enduring. Christianity and Islam, theistic though they may claim to be, are both based on the feti...”
“If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good. You would free yourself of all of that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the wo...”
“For a brief moment the previous day, Id felt a flicker of kinship with him because of my own barrenness, but he brandished his brokenness like a sword, ready to cut anyone who displeased him becaus...”
“I tried to close my ears to the strange worshipful chanting and fix my mind on God, but the Egyptians idolatry weighed down my weary shoulders and brought tears to my closed eyes.”
“If you find that you're going through hell, keep moving. You will get to the end eventually.”
“Keep in mind too, our failures serve to teach us, and usually teach us more than our successes do. What we may perceive as a failure is also an opportunity for someone else to rise to the occasion ...”
“Let the preacher tell the truth. Let him make audible the silence of the news of the world with the sound turned off so that in the silence we can hear the tragic truth of the Gospel, which is that...”
“And one day, God would send another baby, a baby promised to a girl who didn't even have a husband. But this baby would bring laughter to the whole world. This baby would be everyone's dream come t...”
“Abraham had eight sons--not one. All eight sons bring something to the table. Abraham loved all of his sons. He was a good father who made sure all his sons were literate, of good character and sha...”
“All Abraham's sons were taught that God would progressively reveal Himself. God's wholeness has yet to be realized. There will always be gaps in our understanding. Why should we fill those gaps wit...”
“The central fact of biblical history, the birth of the Messiah, more than any other, presupposes the design of Providence in the selecting and uniting of successive producers, and the real, paramou...”
“It was a black and hooded head; and hanging there in the midst of so intense a calm, it seemed the Sphynxs in the desert. Speak, thou vast and venerable head, muttered Ahab, which, though ungarnish...”
“Your frequency is what you frequently see. Pay attention to synchronicity as there are valuable lessons to be learned in the repetition of your reality.”
