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> [“Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own. Romans 4:3”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/abraham-entered-into-what-god-was-doing-for-him-and-that-was-the/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

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## More by Eugene Peterson

> [“Christian discipleship is a decision to walk in his ways, steadily and firmly, and then finding that the way integrates all our interests, passions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/christian-discipleship-is-a-decision-to-walk-in-his-ways-steadily-and/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

> [“Speaking to people does not have the same personal intensity as listening to them. The question I put to myself is not 'How many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/speaking-to-people-does-not-have-the-same-personal-intensity-as/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

> [“... The witness is frequent and insistent that God is inherently relational and personal. So God cannot be either received or understood apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/the-witness-is-frequent-and-insistent-that-god-is-inherently/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

> [“Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/abraham-entered-into-what-god-was-doing-for-him-and-that-was-the/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

> [“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/joy-is-not-a-requirement-of-christian-discipleship-it-is-a/)

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> [“It is difficult to recapture… the incongruity of a person self-designated as Son of Man, hanging pierced and bleeding on a cross. The incongruity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/it-is-difficult-to-recapture-the-incongruity-of-a-person-self/)

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> [“It is the very nature of language to form rather than inform. When language is personal, which it is at its best, it reveals;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/it-is-the-very-nature-of-language-to-form-rather-than-inform-when/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

> [“The pastoral vocation in America is embarrassingly banal. It is banal because it is pursued under the canons of job efficiency and career management.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/the-pastoral-vocation-in-america-is-embarrassingly-banal-it-is-banal/)

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> [“The Christian gospel is rooted in langauge: God spoke a creation into being; our Savrior was the Word made flesh. The poet is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/the-christian-gospel-is-rooted-in-langauge-god-spoke-a-creation-into/)

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> [ “\[In Revelation 10, John\] eats the book—not just reads it—he got it into his nerve endings, his reflexes, his imagination. The book he ate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/in-revelation-10-john-eats-the-book-not-just-reads-it-he-got-it-into/)

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> [“American religion is conspicuous for its messianically pretentious energy, its embarassingly banal prose, and its impatiently hustling ambition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/american-religion-is-conspicuous-for-its-messianically-pretentious/)

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> [ “\[Jesus\] said “Follow me” and ended up with a lot of losers. And these losers ended up, through no virtue or talent of their… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/jesus-said-follow-me-and-ended-up-with-a-lot-of-losers-and-these/)

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