Quotes about Inspiration

But caveat lector: we do not read the Bible in order to reduce our lives to what is convenient to us or manageable by us - we want to get in on the great invisibles of the Trinity, the soaring adorations of the angels, the quirky cragginess of the prophets, and ... Jesus.

Preaching reveals God in action here and now -- for ME.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

The Bible is basically and overall a narrative - an immense, sprawling, capacious narrative.

The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.

Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?

In Revelation 10, John eats the book—not just reads it—he got it into his nerve endings, his reflexes, his imagination. The book he ate was the Holy Scripture. Assimilated into his worship and prayer, his imagining and writing, the book he ate was metabolized into the book he wrote.

Constantine saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing this inscription: conquer by this. At the sight, he himself was struck with amazement and his whole army also.

From afar they raise their voices like torches, and they cry out, as from some lofty and conspicuous watchtower, admonishing us where to walk and how to direct the course of our work steadily and safely.

'Aurat' is an iconic poem which is relevant 70 years later and informs me in the work I do with women.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.