4,834 Quotes About Jesus

Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.Even thou the Lord has good plans for us.Our bad behaviour and morals will get in the way.Let us do good, and be good every second we get.In order to get claim what the Lord has in-store for us.

Should the whole culture stand up and vehemently scorn the principles of God, we should likewise stand in committed defense of them. And despite the commitment of the culture to the abolishment of God, when the smoke clears everything will have stood-down except those who stood-up for God.

Though its leadership fights to keep the doctrine pure, the faith is constantly contaminated, syncretized, revered, and tinkered with by its adherents - and by outsiders like me, who it continues to influence. It's sentimental and businesslike, the faith of superstitious peasants and of brainy postmodern Jesuits. It's undergirded a great deal of radical immigrant and labor activism for generations, but it's also been a reactionary force wielding money and power in support of political bosses.

If this is hell, then hell could not be much,neither as special nor as ugly as I was told.

If I’m going to be frankly honest about my ignorance, the question I should be asking God about life is, “What are the questions I should be asking about life?

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

To call God’s calling into question is not really about questioning God. Rather, it’s about calling my sanity into question.

We tell God that He can have all of us, and then we give Him none of us. And I would suggest that ‘intent’ without ‘action’ is like a body without a skeleton. It just doesn’t stand up.

We are a tool, and at times we are a rather effective one. But until we place ourselves in the hands of the Craftsman, we are neither a tool nor effective.