#hr

I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn't much, and then call that God. And while it may seem like a noble effort, the truth is that it falls pitifully short of who I really am. I'm not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyond all that you can ask or think. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#god #philosophy #theology #noble

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of its capacity. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer ↗

— Eric Metaxas

#christianity #theology #theology

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#paraphrased #charity

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ↗

— Washington Irving

#charity

Feel it, deal with it, then throw it away ↗

— Reyna Hawk

#drama #looking-through-blind-eyes #romance #suspense #suspense

When I see a church auditorium start to resemble a mosh pit, I know something's wrong. ↗

— Curtis A. Chamberlain

#faith

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