Quotemeal: Sep. 24th, 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley

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"Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"Man does not rule over evil except when he refuses to do it. When he has truly done evil, he is its servant."
— Hildegard of Bingen —
"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal —
"Men can heal lust. Angels can heal malice. God alone can cure pride."
— John Climacus —

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Illustration of Mark Finley — "We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

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