#god

Did God get out of bed one morning and draw back the curtains (Reggie's imaginary God led a very domesticated life) and think, 'A drowning in a hotel swimming pool, I fancy. We haven't had that one in a while. ↗

— Kate Atkinson

#god #death

... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our wants and satisfy them more deeply with God. The purpose of the mind is not to rationalize subjective preferences, but to recognize objective reality and to help the heart revel in God. ↗

— John Piper

#god #intellect #mind #objectivity #truth

If I replace the word God with the word nature, I am far more at ease with the whole religious enterprise. ↗

— Alan S. Kesselheim

#god #nature #religion #age

For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in. ↗

— Chris Hemsworth

#anything #audience #easy #english #godlike

You can put on as many airs as you want, but in the end, that dress is the same as you: an old, cheap design dressed up to look like its worth more than it is. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#faking-it #gameboard-of-the-gods #age

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#dreadful #god #his #his holiness #holiness

(Thinking while being interrogated by the Germans) You big shots think you can decide on my life, but I have news for you: you can't touch a hair on my head without the will of God my Father, because He is on my side. ↗

— Diet Eman

#germany #god #holocaust #jesus-christ #prison

We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#cometh #god #jesus #kingdom #known

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#everything #god #gratitude #our #result

Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too. ↗

— Rob Bell

#cross #crucifixtion #god #hurt #jesus