These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
The primary paradigm of [time management] is one of control—plan it, schedule it, manage it. Take it a step at a time. Don’t let anything fall through the cracks. Most of us feel it would be great to be “in control” of our lives. But the fact is, we’re not in control; principles are. We can control our choices, but we cannot control the consequences of those choices. When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other. To think we’re in control is an illusion. It puts us in the position of trying to manage consequences. In addition, we can’t control other people. And because the basic paradigm is one of control, time management essentially ignores the reality that most of our time is spent living and working with other people who cannot be controlled.
id: 914 | source: p 25-26, First Things First, Stephen Covey, Roger & Rebecca Merrill, 1994 | tags: Discipline, Time Management
If someone wants proof that [Jesus] is alive... all I can say in honesty is that I have none to give. No preacher can prove it, no teacher, no book, not even the Bible. It defies logic and reason, and it breaks the laws of nature as we understand them. If we are to believe he is really alive with all that that implies, then we have to believe without proof. And of course that is the only way it could be. If it could be somehow proved, then we would have no choice but to believe. We would lose our freedom not to believe. And in the very moment that we lost that freedom, we would cease to be human beings. Our love of God would have been forced upon us, and love that is forced is of course not love at all. Love must be freely given. Love must live in the freedom not to love; it must take risks. Love must be prepared to suffer even as Jesus on the Cross suffered, and part of that suffering is doubt, even as Jesus on the Cross doubted.
id: 1662 | source: Frederic Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat | tags: Apologetics, Doubt, Faith, Resurrection
"Whenever you speak to men in the name of Jesus Christ, unseen instincts deep within them are reinforcing your words."
If life is a machine, then sin is a bad gear that makes the machine malfunction.
If life is a kingdom, then sin is a terrorist movement in the kingdom.
If life is a family, then sin is a feud between family members.
If life is a body, then sin is an untreated disease that poisons the whole system.
If life is a river, then sin is mercury or arsenic that pollutes it.
If life is a garden, then sin is the army of slugs that eat your tomatoes.
* If life is a computer, then sin is a virus that destroys your hard drive.