The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“But if he had come down from the Cross, he would have made it impossible for them to believe in him, for… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Our only qualification for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness. 'Those who are well have… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Christ transforms the meaning and value of suffering from something to be feared or at best endured into something redemptive [and transformative]. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
How you approach the problem of suffering depends on how you approach life itself. There are only two ways. Either meaning is… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
True love, unlike popular sentimental substitutes, is willing to suffer. Love is not "luv." Love is the cross. Our problem at first,… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross;… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
God's love is as objective as light. Because the sun in a sense is light, or the source of light rather than being lit,… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Socrates says we must be either fools because we think we are wise, or wise because we know we are fools. Christ says we… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there is evil… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
God's interventions are miracles: events that cannot happen by merely natural agents but only by a supernatural agent. They no more interfere with our… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
![“Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears; our being hated helps those we love.” quote by Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/390/peter-kreeft-820_being-hated_since-we-are-christ-s-body-we-too-are-th_1563192.jpg)
![“Christ transforms the meaning and value of suffering from something to be feared or at best endured into something redemptive [and transformative].” quote by Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/38a/peter-kreeft-820_christ_christ-transforms-the-meaning-and-value_1817522.jpg)
![“Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.” quote by Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/980/peter-kreeft-820_blessed_suffering-is-not-blessed-because-it-is-s_2970703.jpg)
