To deny the existence of a God and more specifically the Creator God of Christianity is not based upon a philosophical issue, but rather a moral one.
But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them.
Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land isn't going anywhere. And neither am I.
Gods are great," said Atsula, slowly, as if she were imparting a great secret. "But the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return...
Using a combination of history, common sense, the Word of God and the Spirit of God, every leader can generally predict the way things will go.
Human" is a kind of midway creature, reflecting God into the world, and reflecting the world back to God.
In modern parlance we speak of the interconnectedness of all life, suggesting that one cannot really be healthy when the environment is sick.
Oh God. She probably thinks we were off doing—you know—romantic type, um, things—
The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous.
Be careful what you wish for or pray for, because whatever you wish for or pray for, you will have to take care of.
The spiritual life of any congregation and its growth in grace will never exceed the high-water mark set by its pulpit.
Jesus said his disciples would be known for their love, not for their placards of protest and angry letters to the editor.
None of us deserve God's forgiveness. The Bible says to forgive because God forgave us. It doesn't say anything about deserving it or even asking for it.
The Church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic, is more superficial than supernatural.
If we had more sleepless nights in prayer, there would be fewer souls to have a sleepless eternal night in hell.
Progress should never be impeded by a need to coddle adults who respond to the world as children.
The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god).
Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him.
Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength.
To withhold our bodies from religion is to exclude religion from our lives.
