Peter J. Gomes Quotes

• The question should not be 'What would Jesus do?' but rather, more dangerously, 'What would Jesus have me do?' The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human beings to do impossible things. He came to ask human beings to live up to their full humanity; he wants us to live in the full implication of our human gifts, and that is far more demanding.

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  Peter J. Gomes

  Jesus   Impossible Things   Humanity  

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• The Bible is not God, nor is it a substitute for God, and to treat it as if it were God or a surrogate of God is to treat it in the very way that it itself condemns over and over again.

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  Way   Treats   Substitutes  

  Peter J. Gomes (2009). “Good Book: Discovering The Bible's Place In Our Liv”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• To some, the temporal triumph of the Christian community in the world is a sign of God's favor and the essential righteousness of the Christian position. The irony of the matter, though, is that whenever the Christian community gains worldly power, it nearly always loses its capacity to be the critic of the power and influence it so readily brokers.

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  Christian   Community   Triumph  

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• It does not take a great deal of imagination or courage to believe that God is on your side when you are prospering or winning; it takes a great deal of courage and imagination to believe that God is on your side when you are suffering or losing.

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  Believe   Winning   Your Side  

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• The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention.

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  Peter J. Gomes

  Attention   Way   Resurrection  

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