Quotes about Encounter

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace

You may not realize it, but your life has the potential to bless everyone you encounter.

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met 'em at the boat.

Today there is virtually a consensus... that Jesus came on the scene with an unheard of authority, with the claim of the authority to stand in God's place and speak to us and bring us to salvation. With regard to Jesus there are only two possible modes of behavior: either to believe that in him God encounters us or to nail him to the cross as a blasphemer. Tertium non datur. [There is no third way.]2

Each day presents a new opportunity to experience God's presence.

Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not merely encountering a concept; you are standing face-to-face with God.

Worship is about encounter-coming into God's presence

For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.

Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?

We owe the world an encounter with God

Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ's pursuit of us.