Quotes about Perception
We perceive God, think about God, and talk about God in ways that make sense to us by virtue of when and where we live.
— Peter Enns
That Jesus was not and could not have been understood by walking with Jesus in and around Galilee. The disciples themselves—those Jesus handpicked to carry on his work—were utterly clueless about the big picture.
— Peter Enns
We are all culturally embedded creatures—we can never untangle ourselves from our here and now. We perceive God, think about God, and talk about God in ways that make sense to us by virtue of when and where we live.
— Peter Enns
America does not know the difference between money and sex. It treats sex like money because it treats sex as a medium of exchange, and it treats money like sex because it expects its money to get pregnant and reproduce.
— Peter Kreeft
Love gives you eyes.
— Peter Kreeft
We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.
— Peter Kreeft
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
— Genesis 12:11
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
— Genesis 16:13
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
— Genesis 21:19
When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
— Genesis 28:16
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
— Genesis 29:17
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
— Genesis 31:2