Faith and hope bring us through time but leave us at the doorstep of eternity. Only love goes with us inside. Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Indifference is the only road that never gets to God. Peter Kreeft indifference attitude The Church is God's Bride. All the saints and mystics say the ultimate purpose of human life, the highest end for which we were made, is the Spiritual Marriage. This is not socially relative; it is eternal. And in it, the soul is spiritually impregnated by God, not vice versa. That is the ultimate reason why God must always be he to us, never she. Religion is essentially heterosexual and therefore fruitful. Peter Kreeft soul spiritual god God's love is as objective as light. Because the sun in a sense is light, or the source of light rather than being lit, it really gives its light to the earth. And because the earth really receives light from the sun, it is really transformed every morning from darkness to light. Just as objectively, because God is love, God really gives love to us. And because we receive real life-changing love from God, we are really transformed from darkness to light. Peter Kreeft real god morning The scripture notion of truth is not an abstract, static, and timeless formula, but is something that comes true in time as the fulfillment of a divine promise. Truth happens in history. Peter Kreeft scripture truth promise Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous. Peter Kreeft illusion ethics purpose Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family. Peter Kreeft abortion fate Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears; our being hated helps those we love. Peter Kreeft tears broken suffering The most striking feature if this map is the stark fat of the Two Roads. There is the road that leads to Life, and there is the road that leads to Death. There is Good, and there is Evil. There is Right and there is Wrong. Peter Kreeft maps evil two A man walking through a wall is a miracle. A man both walking and not walking through a wall at the same time and in the same respect is a contradiction. God can perform miracles but not contradictions - not because his power is limited, but because contradictions are meaningless. Peter Kreeft wall miracle men I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets. Peter Kreeft data able firsts Our life here on Earth has as its purpose precisely to prepare for our eternal happiness. This world is a large womb. It is a 'test' as all opportunities are tests. Peter Kreeft eternal-happiness purpose opportunity Intellectuals resist faith longer because they can: where ordinary people are helpless before the light, intellectuals are clever enough to spin webs of darkness around their minds and hide in them. That's why only Ph.D.s believe any of the 100 most absurd ideas in the world such as Absolute Relativism, or the Objective Truth of Subjectivism, of the Meaningfulness of Meaninglessness and the Meaninglessness of Meaning, which is the best definition of Deconstructionism I know. Peter Kreeft light clever believe No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul. Peter Kreeft sin emotion soul God's interventions are miracles: events that cannot happen by merely natural agents but only by a supernatural agent. They no more interfere with our free will than natural events like earthquakes. We choose how to respond to them. Peter Kreeft agents miracle earthquakes We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal. Peter Kreeft belief inspirational believe It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively. Peter Kreeft relative absolutes reason Christ is the Word of God in person. The Bible is the Word of God in writing. Both are the Word of God in the words of men. Both have a human nature and a divine nature. Peter Kreeft god writing men You don't have to convince Muslims of God's existence or importance. Peter Kreeft convince importance existence Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family. Our no-fault insurance has removed our responsibility for car accidents, and no-fault divorce has removed our responsibility for marriage accidents; why should abortion not be our no-fault sexual insurance policy that removes our responsibility for sex accidents? Peter Kreeft divorce responsibility sex Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell. Peter Kreeft pride humility heaven
