“Our flaws either follow us into the world, or wait for us to be born.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in predestination - except for genetic predilections. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
“You are still alive, not because you are special, but because you and the world have unfinished business.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
To get rid of predestination we have been willing to degrade our God into a godling. — B. B. Warfield Copy Share Image
“If we are to be biblical, then, the issue is not whether we should have a doctrine of predestination or not, but… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“God loves each person, I believe; although, just like we do in our private homes, He reserves His kingdom only for those… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The moment God put a dream in your heart, the moment the promise took root, God not only started it, but He… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Your existence is proof enough that predestination is not absolute for infinite beings.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
God is not pre or post anything. He is present to everything. ... There is not predestination but destination, not predestiny but… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I did this movie, Predestination, and it's one of my favorite movies I've ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
“You can and you can't — You shall and you shan't — You will and you won't — And you will be… — Lorenzo Dow Copy Share Image
The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“You believe in Destiny, don't you?" "Yes," said Leah quietly. "Then you have to believe that things happen for a reason, and… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
“That is what Reason can neither grasp nor endure, and what has offended all these men of outstanding talent who have been… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The new architecture and urban design of segregation could be called Calvinist: they reflect a desire to live in a world of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“The possibility of waking up from (or even in) the dream offers a glimmer of hope, a sense that there’s more to… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men!… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“The Puritans believed that the identity of the Saints had long since been determined by God. This meant that there was nothing… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a new reality born every minute. Unless one is a believer in predestination (in which case I'll call the prestidigitator), or… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Given Freudian assumptions about the nature of children and the biological predestination of mothers, it is unthinkable for mothers voluntarily to leave… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis;… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“Believe it or not, the notions of free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive. Predestination is the universal framework of limits… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of total inability which declares that men are dead in sin does not mean that all men are equally bad,… — Loraine Boettner Copy Share Image
“Faith is not a meritorious cause of election, but it is constantly attested as the sole condition of salvation. Faith merely receives… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
“You see him and you think me and I knew if you saw him first you would be afraid because it is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“The cosmic battle being worked out between God and the Devil takes place in the lives of God's creatures, fallen though they… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
“There is history the way Tolstoy imagined it, as a great, slow-moving weather system in which even tsars and generals are just… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
“most religions adhere to some form of determinism and predestination. Since God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, He knows the future, and… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
No matter where you are in life right now, know this: God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise He… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
