I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies.
The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.
Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts.
When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
There's nobody more opposite from John Shaft than a kid who worships a banana as his god.
I have seen whole countries shaken by the power of God.
God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.
Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your entire reality. Mere inspiration can never do this.
God is shaking me.
'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.
God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me better.
The mentally ill may have shattered lives, but how that is different than the way sin distorts our ability to comprehend who we are as God's creatures is not clear.
I don't know what a person does that does not have a relationship with God. When he goes to the doctor and the doctors says, 'Hey, you've got less than two months to live and there's nothing we can do for you.' Who do they turn to when you're given something that earth shattering?
I knew that no matter what door you knock on in a Cretan village, it will be opened for you. A meal will be served in your honor, and you will sleep between the best sheets in the house. In Crete, the stranger is still the unknown god. Before him, all doors and all hearts are opened.
The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs to be kept clean; otherwise, our vision of our purpose and the dangers around us will be limited.
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
