Quotes about Divine
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily!
— Francis de Sales
Jesus provided reasons to believe through many different means, the most dramatic of which were miracles done in public as authentication.
— Francis J. Beckwith
The triune God stands at the beginning and at the end of the Christian pilgrimage and, therefore, at the center of Christian faith.
— Frank Viola
The Lord has a unique way of preparing His servants for His work. It's one that involves transformation. And transformation always involves emptying, suffering, and loss. Humanity's way is to hand you a method. Divinity's way is to hand you a cross.
— Frank Viola
Note that there is a monumental difference between well-motivated humans working for God in their own strength, wisdom, and power versus God working through humans.
— Frank Viola
When God created the world, He worked for six days and then rested. Adam was created on the sixth day. So God's seventh day—the Sabbath—was Adam's first full day.
— Frank Viola
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
— Frank Viola
Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.
— Frederick Buechner
Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness.
— Brennan Manning
The love of Christ embraces all without exception. Fire of love, crazy over what You have made. Oh, divine Madman. (Prayer of Catherine Siena) Simply do the next thing in love. I have no sense of myself apart from you. Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
— Brennan Manning
God's grace always precedes his call.
— Brennan Manning
I am convinced that without a gutlevel experience of our profound spiritual emptiness, it is not possible to encounter the living God.
— Brennan Manning