Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people follow Jesus. We're called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies.
Quotes to Explore
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Even if we don't believe in church or God, we still believe in things that are bigger than ourselves. We need to believe in those things because if we can't be open to what we don't know, there's no hope for any of us.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
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Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with gold while the people are starving. But what elitists don't get is that for poor people, the church is their own mansion. Nightclubs fill the same function.
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Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day.
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Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.
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Jesus, take the wheel.
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My dad plays guitar in the church band, so it's like music as a service. He plays at old-people homes, so that's like music as a gift.
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You know what I do on Sundays? I sing in a choir. I sing in a Greek Orthodox choir, and I'm the only hillbilly tenor in the Orthodox Church.
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People are so shocked when they find... out I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, and I love God, and I love my church.
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The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God's family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose.
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I think I was about seven years old, and I remember I was at Moffat Road Baptist Church, where I grew up with all my friends and family and probably didn't understand nearly enough, but I knew enough to understand I wanted to be saved and wanted Jesus to be Lord of my life. What an awesome experience.
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The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.
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As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed.
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My parents were in the local church choir, and I used to go along and sing and play the organ at all the weddings and christenings.
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The more that you come to know Jesus for who He really is, loving Him is not a problem.
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In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.
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The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.
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Because homophobia is still largely driven by the church, it's legitimised. It's also tied to sexism, because those two are never far apart.
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Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
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Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
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It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.
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The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people follow Jesus. We're called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies.
