Jesus proverbs

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◆ The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

- Eugene H. Peterson98

◆ Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!

- Neal A. Maxwell98

◆ The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

- Brennan Manning98

◆ Not my will, but thine, be done.

- Anonymous98

◆ What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?

- Salman Rushdie98

◆ The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.

- Charles C. Ryrie98

◆ I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?

- Ruth Hurmence Green98

◆ I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East -- you're as good as dead.

- Elton John98

◆ O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.

- Anonymous98

◆ It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It's the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can't be packaged, and it can't be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.

- Eugene H. Peterson98

◆ I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

- Brennan Manning98

◆ Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.

- Jean Vanier98

◆ That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

- Anonymous98

◆ A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the love of brothers.

- Jean Vanier98

◆ Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

- Brennan Manning98