Quotes from young wm paul iii

Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.

I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.

Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.

Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse.

God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect.

It wasn't long ago I was cleaning toilets and now I have protestors. How cool is this?

You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.

I don't see the Father pouring out his wrath on the Son. I see the human race pouring out their wrath on the Son. So I see the only hope for the entire cosmos is what the Son chooses to accept, crawling upon the instrument of our greatest wrath. He met us at the deepest, darkest place.

It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn't even real.

Normal is a myth.

Words you will never hear God say, "I have a quota."

Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.

Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.

This life is only the anteroom of a greater reality to come.

It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to. That means we have to categorize that person. We can call them emergent or neo orthodox or someone who feminizes scripture. There's the category, let's stick them in the category then just blow up the box and him along with it.

Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.