"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."

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Source : Peter J. Gomes (2009). “Good Book: Discovering The Bible's Place In Our Liv”, p.40, Harper Collins

Peter J. Gomes

#Way Quotes #Treats Quotes #Substitutes Quotes

“I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.”
“I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.”
“We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself.”
“Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.”
“Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.”
“Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.”
“Visualization is the process of creating pictures in your mind of yourself enjoying what you want. When you visualize, you generate powerful thoughts and feelings of having it now. The law of attraction then returns that reality to you, just as you saw it in your mind.”
“Competitiveness drives my blood. I'm an athlete at heart and I just love the competition. I can't live without it. It's just a rush.”

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