QUOTABLES: Karl Barth
April 14, 2011
“The deepest crevasse of hell is reserved for theologians who love their theology more than they love Jesus.” -Karl Barth
Category: Quotables
QUOTABLES: Mark Labberton
April 2, 2011
“[The] God we seek is the God we want, not the God who is. We fashion a god who blesses without obligation, who lets us feel his presence without living his life, who stands with us and never against us, who gives us what we want, when we want it. We worship a god of … More QUOTABLES: Mark Labberton
H. Richard Niebuhr on Liberal Theology
March 19, 2011
“A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.” -H. Richard Niebuhr
QUOTABLES: Francis Chan
March 8, 2011
“We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You’ve probably heard the expression “I believe in God, just not organized religion.” I don’t think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live. The expression would change to “I can’t deny what the church does, … More QUOTABLES: Francis Chan
QUOTABLES: In honor of classroom teachers
February 7, 2011
“If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his or her office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn’t want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, … More QUOTABLES: In honor of classroom teachers
QUOTABLES: C. S. Lewis & Eggs
January 28, 2011
“If a man looks at eggs with hunger, he has already committed breakfast with it in his heart.” – C.S. Lewis
QUOTABLES: Will Willimon
January 27, 2011
“We come to the Bible, raising questions about its relevance to our present daily lives, only to find that the Bible questions us about our relevance to the way of Christ.” -Will Willimon, Pastor, p. 131
QUOTABLES: John Piper on Turning 65 Years Old
January 19, 2011
“Soon I turn 65. One could look at this two ways: 1) it’s the age most people retire, or 2) it’s the age Winston Churchill became Prime Minister and led England and the Western World to victory over Hitler’s aggression. I find Churchill much more inspiring than retirement.” -John Piper, Pastor
QUOTABLES: God Is In The Manger
January 2, 2011
One last Christmas quote from Bonhoeffer — a bit late. (Though we’d do well to celebrate the scandal of the incarnation all year long.) “For the great and powerful of this world, there are only two places in which their courage fails them, of which they are afraid deep down in their souls, from which … More QUOTABLES: God Is In The Manger
QUOTABLES: The Cost of Following Jesus
December 31, 2010
“The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather the way God is. Cheek-turning is not advocated as what works (it usually does not), but advocated because this is the way God is — God is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. This is not a … More QUOTABLES: The Cost of Following Jesus
QUOTABLES: Thomas Merton
November 16, 2010
“Why should I fear anything that cannot rob me of God, and why should I desire something that cannot give me possession of Him?” -Thomas Merton, “New Seeds of Contemplation” (p.157)
QUOTABLES: Russ Reno on Elections & Imagination
November 2, 2010
I saw this today at Jesus Creed: “At the end of the day, elections don’t shape or influence our cultural imaginations. On the contrary, our imaginations influence our elections, as the naive nation builders who thought that bringing elections to Iraq would transform the country discovered, much to their dismay. As the midterm elections approach, … More QUOTABLES: Russ Reno on Elections & Imagination
QUOTABLES: Clark Pinnock’s Theological Pilgrimage
August 17, 2010
Clark Pinnock, a well-known theologian, has passed. As a young college kid majoring in Theology at Bethel, I attended the Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting in Colorado Springs in 2001. My friend Joe and I had the opportunity to tag along with a group of scholars going out for dinner one evening. We carpooled from … More QUOTABLES: Clark Pinnock’s Theological Pilgrimage
QUOTABLES: C.S. Lewis
August 7, 2010
From one demon to another on leading one away from faith: “Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that ’suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches… The search for a … More QUOTABLES: C.S. Lewis
QUOTABLES: 2 Clement
June 26, 2010
“This is the reason why a person is unable to find peace: they instill human apprehensions, preferring the pleasure of the present to the promise of the future. For they do not know what great torment the pleasure of the present brings, and what delight the promise of the future brings.” – From 2 Clement, … More QUOTABLES: 2 Clement
QUOTABLES: God-Sized Dreams
May 30, 2010
“I decided long ago that the only dreams worth dreaming are “God-sized dreams.” They’re the only dreams that take you to the end of yourself and to the beginnings of real, radical faith.” – Me (can I quote myself?)
QUOTABLES: Soren Kierkegaard
May 29, 2010
“Life must be lived forward, but understood backwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard
QUOTABLES: Barrack Obama
May 9, 2010
“It may make your blood boil. Your mind may not often be changed. But the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship.” – President Barrack Obama
QUOTABLES: Peter Hitchens
April 25, 2010
“Most educated atheists are much more likely to be suddenly ambushed in the heart by poetry than they ever are likely to be converted by a reasoned argument. A lot of what is conveyed by Christianity has to be conveyed in this form because words, even the most beautiful words, can never convey them.” – … More QUOTABLES: Peter Hitchens
QUOTABLES: Michael Spencer, iMonk
April 19, 2010
“Real grace is simply inexplicable, inappropriate, out of the box, out of bounds, offensive, excessive, too much, given to the wrong people and all those things.” -Michael Spencer, Internet Monk
QUOTABLES: John Belushi in “Animal House”
March 21, 2010
“Nothing is impossible for the man who will not listen to reason.” -John Belushi (in the film “Animal House”)
QUOTABLES: Eugene Peterson
March 11, 2010
“We have short attention spans. Having been introduced to God, we soon lose interest in God and become preoccupied with ourselves. Self expands and soul atrophies. Psychology trumps theology. … [And this] usually adds up to a workable life … But — it is not the practice of resurrection, it is not growing up in … More QUOTABLES: Eugene Peterson
QUOTABLES: Sir Walter Moberly to lethargic Christians
March 9, 2010
“If one-tenth of what you believe is true, you ought to be ten times as excited as you are.” – From The Crisis in the University by Sir Walter Moberly
QUOTABLES: Leonard Sweet
March 6, 2010
“Can the church stop its puny, hack dreams of trying to “make a difference in the world” and start dreaming God-sized dreams of making the world different? Can the church invent and prevent, redeem and redream, this postmodern future? -From Soul Tsunami by Leonard Sweet
QUOTABLES: Leslie Newbigin
February 27, 2010
“The true understanding of the Bible is that it tells a story of which my life is a part, the story of God’s tireless, loving, wrathful, inexhaustible patience with the human family, and of our unbelief, blindness, disobedience. To accept this story as the truth of the human story (and so of my story) commits … More QUOTABLES: Leslie Newbigin
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