Peter J. Gomes Professions : Preacher Born : May 22, 1942 Died : February 28, 2011 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Peter J. Gomes 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 impossible-things humanity jesus 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 your-side winning believe 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 substitutes treats way 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 triumph community christian The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention. Peter J. Gomes resurrection attention way Similar Authors Hasan of Basra preacher Harry Emerson Fosdick preacher Charles Spurgeon preacher George Whitefield preacher Fethullah Gulen preacher Louis Bourdaloue preacher All Authors
