Calvin Miller famous quotes

A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.
-- Calvin Miller

#Passion #Want #Affair

Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.
-- Calvin Miller

#Love #Passion #Two

Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions.
-- Calvin Miller

#Christian #Jesus #Writing

Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.
-- Calvin Miller

#Age #Calling #Treasure

Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.
-- Calvin Miller

#Running #Prayer #Track

Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.
-- Calvin Miller

#Religious #Flames #Addiction

It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.
-- Calvin Miller

#World #Plans

One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.
-- Calvin Miller

#Giving #Silence #Doe

We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.
-- Calvin Miller

#Christmas #Simple #Example

Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment.
-- Calvin Miller

#Commitment #Artist #Becoming

The lips know only shallow tunes
-- Calvin Miller

#Tunes #Lips #Shallow

Life found itself alive and somehow knew its opposite was death.  We are ever being born, or dying, and the thrill of choosing is ours.  Only once, must we be born without our own consent.  Only once, must we die without our own permission
-- Calvin Miller

#Opposites #Dying #Thrill

The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.
-- Calvin Miller

#Sky #World #Maps

Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.
-- Calvin Miller

#Discovery #Confirmation #Creeds

"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohibited all gloom from attending the celebration"...
-- Calvin Miller

#Life #Heart #Joy

With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.
-- Calvin Miller

#Jobs #Hands #Important

Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.
-- Calvin Miller

#Lying #Gold #Treasure

After eating the world's bread, we wake each morning to remember: We are still hungry. Seek a better loaf. Eat, and never die. Taste, savor, and be filled forever.
-- Calvin Miller

#Morning #Forever #World

Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.
-- Calvin Miller

#Watches #Earth #Prophet

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.
-- Calvin Miller

#Song #Singers #No Fear