Peter J. Gomes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The question should not be 'What would Jesus do?' but rather, more dangerously, 'What would Jesus have me do?' The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human beings to do impossible things. He came to ask human beings to live up to their full humanity; he wants us to live in the full implication of our human gifts, and that is far more demanding.
-- Peter J. Gomes

#Jesus #Humanity #Want
To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian position. The irony of the matter, though, is that whenever the Christian community gains worldly power, it nearly always loses its capacity to be the critic of the power and influence it so readily brokers.
-- Peter J. Gomes

#Christian #Community #Essentials
It does not take a great deal of imagination or courage to believe that God is on your side when you are prospering or winning; it takes a great deal of courage and imagination to believe that God is on your side when you are suffering or losing.
-- Peter J. Gomes

#Believe #Winning #Your Side
The Bible is not God, nor is it a substitute for God, and to treat it as if it were God or a surrogate of God is to treat it in the very way that it itself condemns over and over again.
-- Peter J. Gomes

#Way #Treats #Substitutes
The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention.
-- Peter J. Gomes

#Attention #Way #Resurrection

If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go
I had a nice read on the putt and I said to myself, 'This is for you, Jesus, ' and knocked it in.
If I'm not pointing people to Jesus then I'm wasting my life.
Oh! for this baptism of fire! when every spoken word for Jesus shall be a thunderbolt, and every prayer shall bring forth a mighty flood.
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.
Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.
You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.

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