#chris

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#mysticism #mysticism

...all that is carried along by the stream's silvery cascade, rhythmically falling from the mountain, carried by its own current-- carried where? ↗

— John Paul II

#christianity #catholicism

Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christ #christianity #god #jesus #jesus-christ

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. ↗

— Marcus J. Borg

#conceptualizing #god #image #life #faith

A hand stole around her mouth, silencing her, then his lips parting her tumbled hair: “The walls have ears.” She blinked, and for the first time, looked around. A thin beam of light beneath what may have been a door. That was all. When he released her, she endeavored to match his own, barely audible tone. “Do the walls understand English? ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#historical #romance #historical-romance

Oh, Lord, why was she doomed to adore a man steeped in blindness and utter stupidity? ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#historical #romance #historical-romance

If anyone thinks he has faith and yet is indifferent towards this possession, is neither cold nor hot, he can be certain that he does not have faith. If anyone thinks he is Christian and yet is indifferent towards his being a Christian, then he really is not one at all. What would we think of a man who affirmed that he was in love and also that it was a matter of indifference to him? ↗

— Kierkegaard

#christianity #faith #indifference #faith

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#christianity #faith #religion #war #faith

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#christians #church #commandments #faith #inspirational

True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others! ↗

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

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