11 Quotes by Phillip Michael Garner

Hate is a power that hollows out reality of all that God intended. It empties the world of love, redemption, reconciliation, and opens the abyss of nothingness. It builds an irrefutable case against its object. It is a friend to those that exalt themselves above others. It is an uncreative force that deceives all participants. It is a pollutant that corrupts good intentions. Hate is an exclusionary act that dehumanizes its object. Hate is a parasite on the marrow of humanity.

Poetry is spirit unleashed upon words, words written to ignite the imagination and lift the soul. Poetry is God’s purest form of communication; because of this truth, God made all his grandest prophets to be poets. A love for the poetic is indicative of a soul leaning towards God. Theological poetry is both wonder and a call to merciful justice.

One aspect of love is the constant offering of a new beginning through the practice of forgiveness; the kind of forgiveness that writes a new story from a broken past.

The world doesn't work without forgiveness. Forgiveness is divine and creates newness of life.

Today, Christianity need people that read scripture like Jesus, like the prophets, people who are not afraid to challenge existing structures of thought with life infusing readings of scripture.

The chasm between God and humanity will be bridged by God's self.

Human beings were not created to rule over one another; we are not fit to rule over one another.

My aversion to the use of the word 'absolute' is directly related to the tendency of religion to utilize the word for quelling conversation, for controlling dogma, for limiting the human capacity to communicate God in word and deed.

Ignoring the poor is to show contempt for both God and humanity.