“ When I think of whisper, I think of tenderness, gentleness, beauty. And that was God's voice. The hard part with whispers, though, is we have to be listening for them. They are just loud enough that o… Jefferson Bethke
“ Cheers to a gracious New Year. May we uphold the fullness of God’s grace, goodness and goodwill. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ When we love God with our hearts in disproportion to our minds, our faith is out of kilter with the kind of faith God wants us to have. Patty Houser
“ Bring thy lust to the gospel, not for relief, but for further conviction of its guilt; look on Him whom thou hast pierced, and be in bitterness. Say to thy soul, “What have I done? What love, what mer… John Owen
“ Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not about Christ, it's not about life. Criss Jami
“ I've learned that sometimes during these lengthy times of waiting on God to show up, we can gain comfort by looking at the bigger picture because history proves that the bigger the suffering, the bigg… Tracie Miles
“ Once a person learns to read the signs of love and thus to believe it, love leads him into the open field wherein he himself can love. If the prodigal son had not believed that the father's love was a… Hans Urs von Balthasar
“ I am able to separate the mythological aspects of my religion from the practical ones. Jesus, his sacrifice, the Gospels? Those are true to me. Angels, demons, burning bushes, Revelations? Primitive p… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Shane lingered over a sickly sweet bit of doggerel comparing accepting Christ into one’s life with turning a pumpkin into a Jack-o-Lantern. “It sounds like God is seriously going to mutilate you.”Rose… Thomm Quackenbush