Encounters Quote by Anonymous

Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

Religious experiences are real and common, whether or not God exists, and these experiences often make people whole and at peace.

— Jonathan Haidt

God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.

— Vincent de Paul

The problem of the novelist who wishes to write about a man's encounter with God is how he shall make the experience--which is both…

— Flannery O'Connor

The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all…

— St. Vincent

The liberating encounter with God/ess is always an encounter with our authentic selves resurrected from underneath the alienated self. It is not experienced against,…

— Rosemary Radford Ruether

Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph.

— Ravi Zacharias

The transcendent and the numinous can be accessible to the most materialistic of scientists, without positing the supernatural. At the same time, there is…

— Norman Cota

God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

— Desmond Tutu

We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered…

— Catherine Marshall

The violent portraits of God in Scripture have become one of the biggest obstacles to believers coming to faith. When we can show how…

— Gregory A. Boyd