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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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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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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As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed.
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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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About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing.
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I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift.
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To the confusion of our enemies.
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Thou shalt not covet, but traditionApproves all forms of competition.
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The multiple reinforcing cues of a good song-rhythm, melody, contour-cause music to stick in our heads. That is the reason why many ancient myths, epics, and even the Old Testament were set to music in preparation for being passed down by oral tradition across generations.
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Boy dressed as the devil: Everybody's afraid of the devil!Girl: Not me!Boy dressed as a ghost: How come?Girl: Because Jesus loves me and the devil is afraid of Jesus.
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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.
