Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna. Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Diversion and indifference are the two widest roads to Hell in today's world. Peter Kreeft today two world Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived. Peter Kreeft tough saint men Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly of rousing our awareness of God's love for us rather than trying to rouse God's awareness of our love for him, like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:26-29). Peter Kreeft kings prayer mean A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from other husbands... A saint is higher than anyone else in the world. A saint is the real mountain climber. A saint is also lower than anyone else in the world. As with water, he flows to the lowest places - like Calcutta. Peter Kreeft husband real faith It is just as crazy not to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else. Peter Kreeft being-crazy crazy christ The connection between art and Christ is like the connection between sunlight and the sun. It is, in fact, the connection between Sonlight and the Son. Peter Kreeft connections art son Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two persons engaged in dialogue, (2) the relationship between the two persons, (3) the immediate situation in which they find themselves and (4) the larger social, cultural and historical situation surrounding them. Peter Kreeft psych historical two Now if the religious skeptic is right, we can know nothing about God. And if we can know nothing about God, how can we know God so well that we can know that he cannot be known? How can we know that God cannot and did not reveal himself—and perhaps even through human reason? Peter Kreeft skeptic religious reason We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority. Peter Kreeft pride opposites desire Today, idols are not made of wood, stone, or brass. They are made of money, sex, and power. Peter Kreeft idols stones sex The deepest healing is the healing of the deepest wound. The deepest wound is the frustration of the deepest need. The deepest need is the need for meaning, purpose, and hope. Peter Kreeft frustration healing needs Few Christians go into media or the arts today, or see it as a primary mission field or battlefield. But it is. Peter Kreeft media christian art By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it. Peter Kreeft icons motivational inspirational We are artists, because God is. Peter Kreeft artist Only God is to be loved for His own sake. Everything else is to be loved for God's sake. Peter Kreeft sake god Bad times make good people, as mountainous pressures make diamonds or as fire tempers steel. Peter Kreeft inspiration fire faith When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you. Peter Kreeft real self giving In an age of relativism, orthodoxy is the only possible rebellion left Peter Kreeft rebellion orthodoxy age There are relatively few atheists among neurologists and brain surgeons and astrophysicists, but many among psychologists, sociologists, and historians. The reason seems obvious: the first study divine design, the second study human undesign. Peter Kreeft design atheist brain In every sin, we choose to believe the devil's lie rather than God's truth. Peter Kreeft devil believe lying
