Quotes About Faith

Our images of God matter. Just as how we conceptualize God affects what we think the Christian life is about, so do our images of God.

It is a way of being Christian in which beliefs are secondary, not primary. Christianity is a "way" to be followed more than it is about a set of beliefs to be believed. Practice is more important than "correct" beliefs. Beliefs are not irrelevant; they do matter. But they are not the object of faith. God is the "object" of commitment—and for Christians, God as known in Jesus.

In a number of workshops, I have asked people whether they have had one or more experiences that they would identify as an experience of God and, if so, to share them in small groups. On average, 80 percent of the participants identify one or more and are eager to talk about them. They also frequently report that they had never before been asked that question in a church setting or given an opportunity to talk about it.

We all have our crosses to bear. We carry them heavily, out of love for our brothers in arms. But sometimes you have to let go of the idea that anyone down here is in control.

Wraps that up then, right? Praise Allah and pass the high explosive.

Eternal Father, faithful friend, Be quick to answer those we send, In brotherhood and urgent trust, On hidden missions dangerous, O hear us when we cry to Thee, For SEALs in air, on land, and sea. People

You have to have drive and commitment - as well as an honest sense of what is and isn't possible.

Spiritual fitness was important, too. I never allowed myself to forget who was in command as I went through these paces. In the journal I kept, the final words in each entry were the same every day: "Thank you, God, for one more day." No matter how bad things would get, I'd never forget to tell Him that.

I had only one Teammate. And He moved, as ever, in mysterious ways.

My God had not spoken to me again. But neither had He forsaken me. I knew that. For damned sure, I knew that.

Who could know heaven save by heaven's gift and discover God save one who shares himself in the divine?

Maybe that's what love is. Believing in the best version of your partner, so they have the courage to believe it themselves.

A gunfight in a graveyard, Jesus Christ.

Even Christ hadn't been able to sell salvation to contented sinners.

Jesus, yes. I was educated by nuns. Long ago, when I was a human girl. I learned the Bible, studied the verses, memorized the teachings of Christ. When I passed, I expected to find him there." She stared out the window. "But in the centuries I walked beyond the world, I never saw him.

He told her she was right. That for all they knew, they still knew nothing. That for all they knew, there were still worlds after this one, eternities that followed the abyss. And he told her that if they died tomorrow, he would follow her across them. He would chase her through existence if that's what it took.

The world worked because people agreed to believe it worked.

They said something funny. They said, 'Even God leaves on the last boat from Nome.' What does that mean?

Remember this: every man has to find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved. I believe that. You just have to find out what it is you're looking for.

While the sick man has life, there is hope.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.

While there's life, there's hope.

Marcus Tullius Cicero