But that is all prayer requires: faith, hope, and love. Great holiness, or piety, or sanctity are not required. Prayer is a road to holiness.
Peter KreeftTag: god faith prayer holiness
We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try." Now count the times it tells us to "trust.
Peter KreeftTag: belief god faith try trust
One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world.
Peter KreeftTag: prayer worship thanksgiving contrition
Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.
Peter KreeftTag: god faith prayer sanctity
Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are.
Peter KreeftTag: feelings
There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy.
Peter KreeftTag: faith prayer perseverance
Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being godlike".
Peter KreeftTag: christianity god theology god-is-a-comedian
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