“Jesus came to be with the Father for an interlude before his betrayal, but found hell rather than heaven opened before him,… — William Lane Copy Share Image
Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God… — John Piper Copy Share Image
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation… — John the Apostle Copy Share Image
He was the meekest of his sex, the mildest of little men. He sidled in and out of a room, to take… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be ADOPTION THROUGH PROPITIATION, and I do… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity? In the faith of the New Testament it is central. The love of… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
People are frightened of death, and the central lie of all religion is that there’s a cure for this and an exception… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote… — Ihab Hassan Copy Share Image
