“This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.”
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
“Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward.”
“[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people.”
“Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill other people's needs. … The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God.”
“God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.”