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Quotes About Sovereignty

We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people.
~ John Piper
God is the one who chooses our rulers
~ Katherine Harris
God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.
~ Norman Angell
Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.
~ R. C. Sproul
If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
~ R. C. Sproul
God is predictably unpredictable.
~ R. T. Kendall
Only God has no limits (except those he voluntarily imposes on himself). The mantra "no limits" is actually a call to idolatry.
~ Roger E. Olson
The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of it and is absorbed back into it.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
There are only three great powers in the universe: God in heaven, the pope in the Vatican and Dadá in the great box.
~ Dada Maravilha
God is pure, and the same to all.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen.
~ T. S. Eliot
Occasionally God rips aside the veil, and you begin to see this very fact: All things happen for you. All things. Everything is knit together.
~ Timothy Keller
If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King.
~ Timothy Keller
All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.
~ Tryon Edwards
Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way to trump every evil that comes your way.
~ Tullian Tchividjian
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh And thy maker is not by; Think not thou canst weep a tear And thy maker is not near.
~ William Blake
He Who is wrapped in purple robes, With planets in His care, Had pity on the least of things Asleep upon a chair.
~ William Butler Yeats
The reign of God is his reign over all things.
~ Lesslie Newbigin
Being God would be the ultimate.
~ Macy Gray
God may be a human creation, but He goes His way, not ours.
~ Mason Cooley
God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.
~ Mason Cooley
The glory of God is that you can't outs in His grace.
~ Matt Chandler
I learned very early that people need to have a good grasp of God's goodness and God's sovereignty.
~ Matt Chandler
Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.
~ Max Anders