Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.
Peter KreeftStichwörter: philosophy christianity spirituality violence theology boredom catholicism sloth jesus-shock
There is a thought among some brands of theology that souls are waiting up in heaven to be born. Now how in the world anybody comes up with that is beyond me, and how you can be so sure of that is also beyond me. I always like to go back to Snoopy's theological writings, which he called, "Has It Ever Occurred to You That You Might Be Wrong." And that's the way I feel. These things fascinate me, and I like to talk about them with other people, and hear what they think. But I'm always a little bit leery of people who are sure that they're right about things that nobody's ever been able to prove, and never will be able to prove.
Charles M. SchulzStichwörter: religion souls theology
In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the outward forms whatever happens, even if God really is not there. But the opposite ought to be true of us, so that people can see that we demand the truth of what is there and that we are not dealing merely with platitudes. In other words, it should be understood that we take this question of truth and personality so seriously that if God were not there we would be among the first of those who had the courage to step out of the queue.
Francis A. SchaefferStichwörter: theology
Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.
Francis A. SchaefferStichwörter: theology
The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
Peter KreeftStichwörter: philosophy christianity pleasure spirituality theology boredom catholicism jesus-shock
Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked.
Peter KreeftStichwörter: philosophy christianity heaven hell jesus spirituality theology catholicism jesus-christ christ shock jesus-shock meeting-jesus
Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.
Peter KreeftStichwörter: philosophy christianity god spirituality theology ontology catholicism oxymoron jesus-shock ontological-oxymoron
It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable.
Peter KreeftStichwörter: philosophy christianity god spirituality crazy theology catholicism reasonable jesus-shock
The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.
A.W. TozerStichwörter: theology
Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.
Criss JamiStichwörter: learning god mistakes wrong growth theology admission grace-of-god admittance closer-to-god
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