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.

Eugene H. Peterson

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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.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • God
  • Believe
  • Hope

• No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.

  

  Daisy Bates
  • Man
  • Way
  • Woman

• An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Friends
  • Enemies
  • None

• 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.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • People
  • Country
  • Church

• Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • God
  • Jesus
  • Worship

• 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.

  

  Webb Simpson
  • Day
  • Jesus
  • Stupid

• 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.

  

  Salvatore J. Cordileone
  • Society
  • Respect
  • Church

• Jesus, take the wheel.

  

  Carrie Underwood
  • Jesus

• 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.

  

  Lucy Dacus
  • People
  • Music
  • Dad

• 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.

  

  Chris Hillman The Byrds
  • Church
  • Greek

• 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.

  

  Donald Trump
  • People
  • God
  • Church

• 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.

  

  Charles Stanley
  • God
  • Family
  • Purpose

• 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.

  

  Jake Peavy
  • Life
  • Up
  • Family

• 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.

  

  Charles Williams
  • Church
  • Religious
  • Leadership

• As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed.

  

  Jay Alan Sekulow
  • Jesus

• 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.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Parents
  • Church

• The more that you come to know Jesus for who He really is, loving Him is not a problem.

  

  John Eldredge
  • Jesus

• In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.

  

  Mark Batterson
  • Past
  • Church
  • Environment

• The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Enemies
  • Defenders
  • Innovator

• There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn't changed that much.

  

  Jo Brand
  • Women
  • Pretty
  • Comedy

• Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.

  

  Chris Wyse
  • Song
  • Inspiration
  • Songwriting

• If we truly value humanity, life, and all that it represents in its highest form, then we need to do all that we can to promote quality of life over the quantity of life.

  

  Christy Turlington
  • Life
  • Quality
  • Value

• 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.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Church
  • Jesus
  • Enemies