#in

A time will come in your life, William, where your faith will be tested... and you must stay faithful to the word and vision that the All-Father has given to you. ↗

— M.J. Chrisman

#christianity #fantasy #fiction #inspirational #m-j-chrisman

There is a lot of talk about the betrayal of Judas, and people are not aware that it is happening again. Christ is being sold again, not to the leaders of the Sanhedrin for thirty pieces of silver but to editors and booksellers for millions of dollars. . . ↗

— Raniero Cantalamessa

#faith

Jesus being born as a baby was God's way of laughing at a world trying to grow up too quickly. ↗

— Steven James

#faith

Lord Foulgrin: "You must not let him see Charis as a place of learning, exploration, duties, travel, companionship, banquets, celebrations, and productive work. A low view of heaven is our ace in the hole." (conspiring to bring Fletcher down after salvation) ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#heaven #inspiration #truth #faith

I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith ↗

— Joan D. Chittister

#faith

Sometimes life gets weird. Hang in there, it gets better. ↗

— Tanner Patrick

#believe #faith #hang-in-there #hope #it-gets-better

My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith, Harris rails against religious fundamentalism, which seems obvious, as well as against religious moderates, which seems intolerant. ↗

— Nick Flynn

#intolerance #religion #faith

Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy. ↗

— Aberjhani

#classic-quotes #faith #grace #hope #ignorance

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is. ↗

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

#god #knowledge #latin #reason #st-augustine

God stipulates in the Bible that Jesus Followers are to love and serve everyone regardless of their faith or lack of it. But, this does not require us to honour and respect their Biblically-heinous cultural practises like multiculturalism does! ↗

— Gary Patton

#buddhism #hate #hinduism #homophobia #hounour-killing