The only fear that builds character, is the fear of God.

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Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God’s replies.

How time flies!” as though the universal form of our experience were again and again a novelty. It is as strange as if a fish were repeatedly surprised at the wetness of water. And that...

Righteousness and love, law and grace, life and death, as well as time and eternity all intersect at the cross; displaying a divine wisdom that staggers the imagination and leads the humble heart to bow...

All’s a Oneness. There’s nothing else.

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It is ignorance or at least lack of consideration of heavenly things that make the temporal things of this world, whether good or evil, greater than they really are.

Even there, in the mines, underground, I may find a human heart in another convict and murderer by my side, and I may make friends with him, for even there one may live and love...

As we understand it, everything is in the Bible for one reason – to teach us a lesson. Thus, in the beginning of the Bible, we see how God budgets His time for labor, and...

How can we pick and choose which parts of the Bible to follow? One thing is God’s will and another is just cultural differences? What if it’s all cultural? What if homosexuality or saving yourself...

As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other – all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.

We have executed the will of God and the rule of law because he killed people, ordered assaults on fighters and he had a big file of corruption.

Missy could fall down and hurt herself, even if I’m walking right there beside her. That doesn’t mean that I allowed it to happen. She knows, as far as unconditional love, I’ll pick her up...

As someone has said “gods” is not really the plural of God; God has no plural.

Another way to describe the dilemma for religious faith is that pluralism creates social conditions in which God is no longer an inevitability. While it is possible to believe in God, one has to work...

I too was pinched off from a piece of clay, I too modeled by omnipotence and flankedby things too wonderful for me

…questioning the existence of God may begin because of one’s sense of disappointment rather than because of a line of reasoning. Disappointment can bring disillusionment, and disillusionment can get quite a grip on us. It...

The divine is always abominable.”Houses Under The Sea

Prayer is a mighty ministry that any believer can have—anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstance.

He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He will.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God

Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.

The ministry found in the corners of one’s life should match the ministry that is put on display.

I have things to tell you, but I don’t think there’s any point. It’s like you took a can opener and peeled the lid off my heart and leaped out the day Will died. Why...

The Holy Spirit builds on the smooth ground of humility. That’s why God will tear you down in order to build you back up.

Your better life is as close and as easy as making the choice to pick up your Bible each day, open it up, and let God speak to you.

Worship the work not the God, because work is God.

No matter the amount of people who are wishing for your downfall, always remember that God is already busy elevating you to a greater height.

Christians don’t think that Dawkins thinks that they think that God really has a beard. “Old man in the sky with a white beard” is a figure of speech – shorthand – which neatly encapsulates...

Now do that” with regard to every details of his life or work.

Funny… I still can’t believe in God.” “Does that matter now?”…”He believes in you.

Adrian Cronauer: Goooooooood morning Vietnam! It’s 0600 hours. What does the “O” stand for? O my God, it’s early!

The ancient sages of Kashmir Shaivism did not look for the truth only in logic and intellectual speculation. They relied much more on their experiences during deep yogic states to guide them in understanding and...

Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn.

There is nothing a man can do to liberate himself if his time of divine liberation has not come. But when the time comes, nothing can stop it.

In my hands is power. The power to hear or to destroy. To grant life or to cause death. I revere this gift, have honed it over time an art as magnificent and awesome as...

Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his...

I sometimes stare into fire or into the night sky alone and wish for a girl or my situation to be different. I also then think why would god who created the beautiful Earth let...

What a broad world to roam in, what a sea to swim in is this God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Any teachings that fail to recognize Jesus Christ as the author of life, is absolutely antichrist.John 1:1-13.

All was in God’s plan, and he had to accept even as he didn’t understand.

I come to you for help. We’ve been silent far too long. Many of you have turned your backs on Arman. Many never bothered to know Him at all. But Arman is the One God....

We are no longer so lacking in fantasy as to uphold the existence of a god.

He who trusts, however, in an oath on God,His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.

Gods fight, Ragnar went on earnestly, and some win, some lose. The Christian god is losing. Otherwise why would we be here? Why would we be winning? The gods reward us if we give them...

God is gonna punish me. I’m going to live with my guilt. It will eat me alive.

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate. God is. Satan, the great lover of evil and suffering, is not sovereign....