All Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
- Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity,… Addict
- Praying puts us at risk of getting involved in God's conditions. Be slow to pray. Praying most often doesn't get us what we want but… Best
- Suffering attracts fixers the way road-kills attract vultures. Attract
- Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind… Almost Never
- It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in… Art
- I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say. Find
- The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced Christian
- I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business. Business
- Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship. Act
- The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis… Acquire
- Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? All
- You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Becomes
- I don't want to end up a bureaucrat in the time-management business for God or a librarian cataloguing timeless truths. Salvation is kicking in the… Any
- Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are… Christ
- My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives. Grace
- Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized… Acts
- Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy. Bread
- Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy… Alcohol
- The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find… Always Bringing
- Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptized, learning… Baptized