“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”
“The usual heresy consists in denying the existence of a god who has created us. It is a much more interesting heresy to imagine that possibly a god has created us and then to say that there isn't the least reason for us to be impressed by that fact. And certainly not to be thankful for it.”
“ Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. ”
“Keith: Sometimes God grants us sustenance. But God also grants us deliverance. It’s only a matter of time.”
“The best way for us to get a good understanding of the priority we are placing on our relationship with God is to look at the choices we are making. These choices do not earn us any level of righteousness, but they do show the priority we place in our relationship with God. They show how much we want to honor Him and His desires.”
“And it is in his own image, let us remember, that Man creates God.”