Make things right Quote by Eugene H. Peterson Download Open image “The task of the prophet is not to smooth things over but to make things right.” — Eugene H. Peterson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Make things right Prophet Smooth Tasks
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“A prophet is one who sees what is happening and being done in the present that they can tell us what will happen to… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
“The prophets’ task is to tell their own people what God intends to do with them, not to think about what people in hundreds… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“The variable that marks some periods as barren and some as rich in prophetic vision is in the interest, the level of seeking, the responsiveness of the hearers. The variable is not in the presence or absence or the relative quality and force of the prophetic voices. The prophet grows in stature as people respond to his message...It is the… — Robert K. Greenleaf Copy Share
Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“Forget about deciding what’s right for each other. Here’s what you need to be concerned about: that you don’t get in the way of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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“The core message of the gospel is that God invades us with new life, but the setting for this is most often in the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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“At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“When I look for help in developing my pastoral craft and nurturing my pastoral vocation, the one century that has the least to commend… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Repentance is a realization that what God wants from you and what you want from God are not going to be achieved by doing… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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