Sinners think they are saints, but saints know they are sinners. Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us. Peter Kreeft ladderscatholicbelieve Story is the oldest, commonest, most beloved, and most effective form of communication because our life is essentially a story. That's why the Bible is the most realistic of religious books. We can easily ignore or argue away abstractions, but we bump up against concretely real people, things, and events in story, as in life. Peter Kreeft realreligiousbook Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God. Peter Kreeft doctorssoulprayer Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion ask who. Who's in charge here? Who's the author? That's what we really long to know. Peter Kreeft philosophylongreligion Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering. Peter Kreeft sufferingblessedchrist The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived. Peter Kreeft fooldoechrist A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind. Peter Kreeft scandalsufferingmind The church is: a conspiracy of love for a dying world, a spy mission into enemy occupied territory ruled by the powers of evil; a prophet from God with the greatest news the world has ever heard, the most life changing and most revolutionary institution that has existed on earth. Peter Kreeft life-changingchristianevil Conscience is thus explained only as the voice of God in the soul. Peter Kreeft voice-of-godvoicesoul The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. Peter Kreeft painoppositesinteresting Why pray if we cannot change God? ...is that why we pray? To change omniscient Love? Isn't it rather to learn what it is and to fulfill it? Not to change it by our acts, but to change our acts by it. Peter Kreeft prayingprayerlove-is Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks! Peter Kreeft life-changingliarslying Your heart is like an infinitely large hole, and only God is big enough to fill it. Peter Kreeft inspirationfaithheart All of history is a kind of broken marriage and God puts it back together again. Peter Kreeft together-againinspirationfaith Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a little, or not at all. Peter Kreeft gracelittleswater Anyone, without exception, can know God if they really want to simply by praying, by honestly telling Him that they want to know Him. He always responds to honest seekers. Jesus promised, 'All who seek, find. Peter Kreeft honestwantjesus True love, unlike popular sentimental substitutes, is willing to suffer. Love is not "luv." Love is the cross. Our problem at first, the sheer problem of suffering, was a cross without Christ. We must never fall into the opposite and equal trap of a Christ without a cross. Peter Kreeft oppositeslovefall The opposite of theism is not atheism, it’s idolatry Peter Kreeft theismatheismopposites If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything. Peter Kreeft turnsifsdoe Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. Peter Kreeft inspirationfaithheart
