#christ

To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God. ↗

— J. Budziszewski

#god #how-to-stay-christian-in-college #intelligence

Werewolves did not consider wolves one of their own; in fact, wolves were inferior. They were hunters, strong and ravenous like them, but they weren't as big or as intelligent. ↗

— Janiera Eldridge

#opinions #werewolves #wolves #intelligence

No,” he agreed. “You’re not. She never caused me this agony.” What could I say to that? The way he was looking at me was making my head feel funny. Was making me feel funny and not just in that oh God I just almost died way. Christophe leaned in. His mouth was a mere centimetres from me. “She never made me think I would die of heart failure. She never, never made me fear for her this way. ↗

— Lili St. Crow

#jealousy #funny

I couldn't get Him out of my head. Still can't. I spent three solid days thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less I coul forget Him. And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave Him. ↗

— Yann Martel

#jesus #religion #life

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#cody-coleman #karen-kingsbury #life

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'. ↗

— Mary Daly

#christianity #etymology #feminism #life #patriarchy

Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#god #life #philosophy #spiritual #wisdom

All heroes are shadows of Christ ↗

— John Piper

#heroes #life

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. ↗

— Francis Chan

#humbleness #modern-life #life

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness. ↗

— Francis Chan

#life