Every player contributed to this victory. We have to thank God because things went well for us, having stayed close in the first.

Our social and political tasks, if we take them seriously, loom larger than life. Yet infinite responsibility destroys a human being because he is only a man and not god.” ~ p.23

The most elusive and ultimately impossible act of liberation is freedom from sin and self, and no document or declaration of man regardless of how exquisitely penned can do that. Such an astonishing act of...

The kindness sent from one compassionate soul to another during the time of loss of one held so dear allows the sorrow-filled heart to open wide, filling the space of emptiness that grief may have...

Don’t believe in God. Love the world just the way it is.

The reason the very concept of God has become at once so impoverished, so thoroughly mythical, and ultimately so incredible for so many modern persons is not because of all the interesting things we have...

God’s will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that.

JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN’T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!” [Owen Meany] said crossly. “LOOK AT THOSE WEIRDO TV MIRACLE-WORKERS–THEY’RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE...

I am a man, and men are animals who tell stories. This is a gift from God, who spoke our species into being, but left the end of our story untold. That mystery is troubling...

Dear God,I hurt. Please hold me.Amen

God endlessly fails to extend his blessings. That is because he no longer sits on the throne.

I just want to lobby for God.

But he looks no more than thirty. He’s very handsome– so much you will admit; nor will you deny that he is very wealthy and very powerful; the greatest nobleman in Brittany. He will make...

When someone close to you dies, you feel like you might die too. It takes some of the life out of you for a time.

The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself under the words of the spirit (i.e. in the name of ‘evangelical liberty’). We claim liberty from all legal...

But he leaves it up to his children to accept his will. It is their agency. He cannot force his will upon them. If he did, he would cease to be God. They . ....

Pretty much every day consists of me trying to save the world.

Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smallest circles. Where defection from God’s Word in doctrine or life...

My ACTIONS should draw people to the God I serve, not my SALES PITCH. If people want what I have, they’ll ask me how to get it. If not, that’s their business.

If it’s not deeply rooted in wholeness + affirmed by a resonant yes…then, it’s a no.

We take a cavalier approach to Scripture at our own peril. If the scientific and historical accounts are true, then the commandments, promises and penalties are much more so. The Bible is not just a...

The day came when she discovered sex, sensuality, and literature; she said, ‘I submit! Let my life be henceforth ruled by poetry. Let me reign as the queen of my dreams until I become nothing...

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.

Most of them don’t mind too much the idea of a God existing somewhere, just so long as He’s indulgent.

To be able to accept the wonder and the marvel of one’s own personality, however flawed or ‘accidental,’ and place it in and trust it to the hands of the One who made it, is...

The moment passed — but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. – But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes.

I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul.

The frustration of not knowing which way to turn in life is similar to a traffic jam. You’re stuck! Don’t you feel relief when the cars start rolling? Look at life this way, pick a...

It is a world,” he said, “filled with the mysterious joinder of accident!””It is a world,” replied Abner, “filled with the mysterious justice of God!

Kuna vita za aina mbili zinazopiganwa hapa duniani: vita ya maisha na vita ya dhambi. Unaweza kushinda vita ya maisha (maisha ya raha) lakini ukashindwa vita ya dhambi (maisha ya laana). Kushinda vita ya dhambi...

Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of...

It was all in His hands now – as it had always been.

John Murphy amefariki dunia. Ndege aliyotoka nayo hapa, Dar es Salaam, ndiyo aliyotoka nayo Paris na ndiyo hiyo iliyoanguka katika mazingira ya kutatanisha. Watu waliobahatika kuing’amua fununu hii ni wachache na ambao hivi sasa hawajiwezi...

I firmly believe that if you pray long enough, if you wish hard enough, God will grant you at least one wish in your lifetime.

There are always consequences to wrong choices.

God didn’t send His only Son to die on the cross so that we can hide behind our guilt, shame, and pride.

In that moment, I understand the way that the noblest yearning for duty and sacrifice can be mixed up with all that is savage and shameful, like in the Bible, where a just and merciful...

When it comes to the heart and soul, only the Bible can bring true and lasting changes.

Living communion with God in which He is real, alive, fresh, and present to your soul energizes a God-centered life.

Praying is your task; what happens to the prayer is dependent on the Grace of God.

The amount of time we give to something indicates it’s importance to us.

I may not be where I want to be but I’m thankful for not being where I used to be.

Love is the radiance, the fragrance of knowing oneself, of being oneself. Love is overflowing joy. Love is when you have seen that you are not separate from Existence. Love is not a relationship, love...

When you don’t understand what is happening, you need to wait, trust God, and rest in His care. He is always faithful to His own.

God is not an audiophile demanding the best possible stage sound.

It is astonishing to realize that growing up actually means to become one with Existence. It means to find the whole Existence within myself, it means to discover that Existence is alive in my own...

God always keeps His promises.

Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by...

In the secret recesses of man’s nature the grace is given disposing and enabling him to yield. Though the will must at last act from its own resources and deliberate impulse, it is influenced through...

If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms.