Quotes of: God-help Keyword

Interestingly, God's remedy for Elijah's depression was not a refresher course in theology but food and sleep... Before God spoke to him at all, Elijah was fed twice and given a good chance to sleep. Only then, and very gently, did God confront him w...

God in the Dark

A few years ago the Deists denied the inspiration of the Bible on account of its cruelty. At the same time they worshiped what they were pleased to call the God of Nature. Now we are convinced that Nature is as cruel as the Bible; so that, if the God...

Ingersoll the Magnificent

The task of all Christian scholarship—not just biblical studies—is to study reality as a manifestation of God’s glory, to speak and write about it with accuracy, and to savor the beauty of God in it, and to make it serve the good of man. It is ...

Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

Moses had come to know God as Jehovah-shalom, the God of all peace. This is the deepest need of the human heart—to be at peace with God and with oneself. The proof that his heart was at peace was that it was filled with praise…not necessarily for...

Under His Wings...healing truth for adoptees of all ages

Different states of consciousness project different images of God–loving or vengeful or jealous, energetic or terrifying, and different images of God affect the nature and quality of our response to God. . . . The image or idea of God as wrathful a...

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Our images of God matter. Just as how we conceptualize God affects what we think the Christian life is about, so do our images of God.

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith

I am done with the monster of "We," the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame. And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant ...

Anthem

I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if God is the God of Jesus Christ, then God does not need our protection. What God demands is not protection, ...

Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir

Prayer can be a tricky thing, because there are passages that say do not doubt and believe you have received whatever you ask for and you will, but then Jesus prayed 'Not my will by thy will be done.'  Ultimately, we can't tell God what to do.  He ...

Jesus, God and Us

God's holiness is not an unloving holiness, and God's love is not an unholy love. It is only by keeping these two primary moral qualities of the divine being closely related that we may rightly behold the character of God. (p. 98)

The Living God: Systemic Theology: Volume One

All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginni...

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Why were things funny? Was God laughing at us? Or was laughter the dispensation of God? Maybe laughter itself was Godlike. When we laugh, we rise above pain. We rise above indignity. We even rise above incredulity. We "get it." Maybe in the way God "...

Acts of God While on Vacation

Is God like the Greek god, Zeus, sending down lightning bolts to cause catastrophic events? Does God decree when tragic or untimely deaths occur? Does God have a list and when your time is up, you die? Is it “God’s will” these events happen? On...

David W. Earle

Why do so many today want to wander off to South Africa or Kenya or India or Russia or Honduras or Costa Rica or Peru to help with justice issues but not spend the same effort in their own neighborhood or community or state? Why do young suburbanites...

Scot McKnight

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...

Thich Nhat Hanh

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling: Changing Lives with God's Changeless Truth

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

The God Delusion

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God

[...] pluralism implies religious tolerance, not unchecked religious freedom.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

Oh my God ... YOU are real. Oh my God ... You ARE real. OH MY GOD ... You are REAL! Oh my God ... You're really real!

Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom

Unbelief puts our circumstances between us and God; faith puts God between us and our circumstances.

Stressed-Less Living: Finding God's Peace in Your Chaotic World