Quotes About God

the full-grown bear took a swipe at him, and he shit his pants—swear to God, it's on the police report—and jumped into his SUV and proceeded to drive the SUV into a tree, where it bounced into the lake, and our subject drowned with a look on his face like this." Daniels mimicked pure terror. "Which is probably the most solid proof that God exists that I have ever fucking

He was unprepared—woefully, dismally unprepared—for the god who opened the door instead. Six foot five if he was an inch, blond, with brilliantly white teeth, stormy gray eyes,

The elephant in the living room, eating what looked like a mixing bowl full of cold cereal with the force and verve of a backhoe at a landfill. "God. Don't you go somewhere in the day?

being licked to death by the fearless warriors who had apparently decided he was their god. Deacon had that effect on people.

Came first?" Amelia said, popping out of the ladies' room with impeccable timing. "God, Ethan, that was the best blasphemy ever!

swear to God, Adam, every time I think this is hopeless and I was deluded to even try to get close to you, you say or do something that is so fucking beautiful it's like I've got no choice.

The fist of God grabbed their helicopter, crumpled it into tinfoil, and threw it over his shoulder.

The idea that Crick's golden god, who had loved him so simply and so faithfully even as boys and young men, was mortal, that the living cage might someday disintegrate and the soul that Crick was bound to would expand to brighten the larger universe was….

God love his mother. He really had learned from the very fuckin' best.

God doesn't say, "Don't worry too much" or "Worry only about what really matters." He says, "Do not worry.

You have to approach God or whatever is there sideways, at an angle. Through dance or art or, okay, yoga, or breathing practices – something that opens the doorways of the senses, makes you accessible, because God isn't accessible. You are." ? Amy Weintraub, TEMPLE DANCER

You have to approach God or whatever is there sideways, at an angle. Through dance or art or, okay, yoga, or breathing practices – something that opens the doorways of the senses, makes you accessible, because God isn't accessible. You are.

Residual marcionism, the view that God had a personality transplant somewhere between the pages of Malachi and Matthew, is still alive and well in churches today; it is also still a heresy.

One way of reading this genealogy is to see that we are all, as children of Adam, also children of God. We are therefore all animated by the Spirit of God.

Luke has a much more important story to tell: about divine care and human potential, about how we are all children of God and can therefore do God's will, about the difficult choices we must make, about our memories and our goals.

On a more serious note, the idea that nothing is impossible with God can be a very difficult statement because it can give the impression that God could have acted when we needed healing or rescue.

Finally, Rahab is a Canaanite, Ruth is a Moabite, and Uriah, Bathsheba's first husband, is a Hittite; and all show deep loyalty to Israel and Israel's God.

from loneliness, from poverty, from oppression. We are all in need of some form of salvation. Indeed, the idea of salvation for most of the Scriptures of Israel is not about spiritual matters, but physical ones: the Passover, the setting of the Passion narrative, is about salvation from slavery. God hears our cries. And the stories remind us that people, still, cry out to be saved. Will our cries be heard by others? Will we hear the cries of others? Will God act? Will we?

15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat." 3 He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, * 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.

The name Zechariah comes from the Hebrew root z-k-r, which means "remember"; the "yah" at the end is the marker for YHWH, so the name means "God remembers.

Elizabeth's name likely derives from the Hebrew Eli, meaning "my God," the beginning of Jesus' cry from the cross ("My God, my God"). The second part comes from sheva, which is an oath. Thus, her name indicates that God keeps promises.

The celestial choir that appears to the shepherds is usually called the "heavenly host"; the CEB offers "heavenly forces" (2:13), which is the better translation for today. This is God's army.

and I'm sure I was not the only child who thought "Harold" was God's name and that we prayed not to be led into Penn Station.

God didn't ask to be prayed or worshiped at church, we did.