Criss Jami Quotes

Sure, some of us humans might be angry at a sovereign God about Hell, but know that that is about as meaningful as a few germs being angry at humans about bleach.

The hype cheapens the hyped, as right things are then made wrong by exaggeration.

If beauty is relative, then any and everything when compared to the beauty of God is absolutely hideous.

Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work.

Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing.

Generally it appears the case that, when faced with all life's problems, the baby, he wants to cry about everything, the child wants to question everything, the teenager wants to rebel against everyth...

We often use the Bible as a source for personal validation and defense, a sidekick and a shield, but these will prove ineffective without first the other part. We must also allow ourselves to be wound...

It's a huge disservice to classify all minds as either closed or open. I find the best minds are closed by openable windows.

Of course, if one does not fully trust the promise of God's Kingdom, he will have a hard time taking risks and making sacrifices in this life. A gospel centered around the temporal self - fleeting hap...

Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out if, in any sense, you misse...

Civic duty? Perhaps it would be a little naive to try to coerce me into voting. I assure you my basic standards of healthy living are very different from yours, which is the reason I do not vote. You...

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.

We are not as some people like to assume nowadays 'just being real' by embracing passively the sinful, fallen versions of ourselves. Quite the opposite really: our true selves were, from the beginning...

Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

Time and time over it is the ones who try a little too hard to be innovative rebels - and for the sheer glory of being considered innovative rebels - who then turn out not quite as innovative or as re...

They call good evil and evil good. There are those who are so easily offended that they lose their ability to ever discern any truth, and this is often derived from a sort of frenzy by way of their ow...

In the heart of appeasement there's the fear of rejection, and in acts of fear there are mirrors of oppression.

Know the word of God not in order that by doing so you might be saved; know it rather so that unlike the many you are not easily deceived. You may find that, evidently, a great many of the so-called n...

Plot twist: everything goes exactly as planned.