Quotes About Spiritual

as a Buddhist he insists that sharing one's tradition with another "does not mean wanting others to abandon their own spiritual roots and embrace your faith. . . .We must help them return to their tradition," whether it be Christian, Jewish, etc. (Nhat Hanh, 1995, p. 196). Thich

That is why the question of enthroning or dethroning Jesus is so important. Might our spiritual quest to find God be tied to which Jesus leads us and where?

In Jesusanity, with the exception of Sanders, Jesus is more about wisdom and society than about the full political and spiritual deliverance Israel's prophets once preached.

historical skepticism, (2) new information, (3) cultural factors that have changed how we assess things, and (4) the innate desire in people to seek, cope with, or understand the spiritual.

God trades your natural plans and ideas for His through the supernatural medium of exchange, tongues for personal edification.

the more I learned, the more I came to realize that speaking in other tongues was not only a spiritual law uncovered; it was also a spiritual foundation upon which everything else regarding spiritual gifts and their operation rested.

the more I learned, the more I came to realize that speaking in other tongues was not only a spiritual law uncovered; it was also a spiritual foundation upon which everything else regarding spiritual gifts and their operation rested. Understanding

that spiritual goods are given to the just as the better [reward], while temporal goods may go to the unjust, but these are of course quite worthless

Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.

When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual.

The spiritual disciplines are wisdom, not righteousness. But they are wise practices that train and transform our hearts

Christian spiritual formation requires that we actively and continually receive from God. We need to be extraordinary consumers of grace; we need to receive his words of love and correction, his forgiveness, his affirmation, his life, and the list goes on. Without receiving from God, there is no true formation.

All mystics have had psychotic breakdowns, although not all psychotics are mystics.

Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulgent glory of heaven to the mists of worldly passions and human unbelief; it was the beginning of His rapid descent into the valley of humiliation.

The vast majority of those who are unchurched are not actively seeking a church home. Further, they are divorced from seeing it as a need in their life, even when they are open to and interested in spiritual things.

It has become clear to me, for example, that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging.)

Music alone is a vital force, an instrument for rescuing the world from its moral and spiritual decay.

Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Salvation clearly involves forgiveness of sins, but this forgiveness is itself rooted in a person getting freed from Satan's grip, and therefore freed from the controlling power of sin.

The central call of every disciple is to imitate this life, manifest this kingdom, and thereby engage in this warfare.

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

If Jesus encountered demons and evil spirits during his lifetime his followers likewise may face them.

I have no doubt that honestto-goodness, God-sent angels do indeed exist and participate in our lives, probably far more than we realize .