Ockham's disposable razors
There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.
The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.
We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.
It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.
Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.
You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.
I often eat Skippys Super Chunk peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon. I dont shamefully sneak it in the dark of night when everyone is in bed. I just twist that cap off and go to town right out in the open.
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.
It's crazy, right? To love someone who's hurt you? It's even crazier to think that someone who hurts you loves you.