Quotes about Belief

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

There are no coincidences in God's providence.

I don't think God puts us on this earth so we can be afraid of stepping into the unknown. Isn't tomorrow an unknown even if we all stay right here where tradition is kept and every piece of ground is familiar?

Choose reality, Sarah. It's the only place where strength and faith can begin to work.

You need to forgive yourself. You need to believe what you did is not more powerful than what God can do from this point forward.

Is it possible faith in God over our future must outweigh our feelings in the things of today? And maybe there are lots of types of forgiveness just like there are lots of kinds of love.

Faith is not about a building or a lifestyle. You can minister in many ways besides attending services or being a preacher. And I think that that's what I feel most thankful for--that I have the opportunity to minister now, in my own way.

If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God's love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don't feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.

I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.

I don't view it as mystic. I believe that God is our father. He created us. He is powerful because he knows everything. Therefore everything I learn that is true makes me more like my father in heaven. When science seems to contradict religion, then one, the other, or both are wrong, or incomplete. Truth is not incompatible with itself. When I benefit from science it's actually not correct for me to say it resulted from science and not from God. They work in concert.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Without revelation religion sinks back into a pernicious superstition.