Craig S. Keener Quotes
He does miracles when we need them—not for our entertainment or to make us feel spiritual.
Quotes to Explore
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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God forbid that women have fantasies.
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There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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God is not separate from anything, or anyone. So it's impossible to prevent God from being visible in our government.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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I'm not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there's absolutely no evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean I'm - part of that is that the idea that God could be all-powerful and also benevolent is on its face contradictory.
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We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.
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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
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You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.
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There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines.
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Negro equality! Fudge!! How long, in the government of a God, great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue to be knaves to vend, and fools to gulp, so low a piece of demagougeism as this?
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An ugly knife lay buried in the heart of Mad Carew,'Twas the 'Vengeance of the Little Yellow God'.
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For I cannot think that God Almighty ever made them so delicate, so glorious creatures; and furnished them with such charms, so agreeable and so delightful to mankind; with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men: and all, to be only Stewards of our Houses, Cooks, and Slaves.
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God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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It would get really alienating, to have my face be the face of a cause. So much just comes down to the songs. I just want to give us the opportunity to write great songs. Even our work in Haiti is limited by how good our songs are. We just need to get rid of as much of the bullshit as possible, so we can have a life, so we have something to write about.
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I grew up watching Jim Carrey, and I was like, 'I want to be like him. I want to do what exactly what he does.' YouTube was just a platform, kind of like a trampoline to, like, bounce into it at a faster rate.
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the past only had whatever power you gave it; life was what you made it and if you wanted something different from what you had, it was up to you to make it happen.
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He does miracles when we need them—not for our entertainment or to make us feel spiritual.
