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“Theological discourses function in various ways as sites of contestation and resistance, of forming new religious and personal identities, and of building solidarities. Theological discourses that ...”
“There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. The Christian intellect has no reason to be intimi...”
“Here I stand, so help me God, I can do no other. With the greater consciousness of the issues involved comes a lesser assurance that an alternative is possible.”
“All discourses and disciplines proceed from commitments and beliefs that are ultimately religious in nature. No scientific discourse (whether natural science or social science) simply discloses to ...”
“If I have so far argued that Foucault is a kind of closet liberal and thus deeply modern, I need to be equally critical of evangelical (and especially American) Christianity's modernity and its app...”
“Peruse all the sermons of Jesus and you will be sure to find parables, and sometimes allegory. What you will always find, however, is something of keeping our hearts in order.”
“Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.”
“But in reading all of the passages in which Jesus uses the word "hell," what is so striking is that people believing the right or wrong things isn't his point. He's often not talking about "beliefs...”
“I had a lot of Hell that God needed to squeeze out of me, and believe me, sometimes when the Hell leaves you it screams at God on the way out. And when the pain from your past leaves you, sometimes...”
“The frightening thing is that, to enter hell, all one has to do is nothing.”
“Liberty does not mean doing as you like, it means liking as you ought, and doing that.(From Slave)”
“We are never so free as when we own our sacred serfdom...”
“He's not feeling well," Clary said, catching at Simon's wrist. "We're going.""No," Simon said. "No, I I need to talk to him. To the Inquisitor."Robert reached into his jacket and drew out a crucif...”
“The Christian optimism is based on the fact that we do not fit in to the world.”
“Looking at your day from a golden day perspective helps you prioritize.”
“When tradition is thought to state the way things really are, it becomes the director and judge of our lives; we are, in effect, imprisoned by it. On the other hand, tradition can be understood as ...”
“Civilization and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe has not in itself the power o...”
“My non-negotiable list remains short. I want a man who loves God, others and me. Thats it. If he loves God, he will be kind and respectful and thoughtful. If he loves others, he will be a servant, ...”
“You can never please everybody, don't even try.”
“Heaven is closer and more real than anything we experience in this life. And ultimately, I think that's why I've seen these glimpses---I'm always on the lookout for them. I believe if you look clos...”
