På denne side vil jeg poste alle de gode visdomsord, jeg falder over, og jeg vil tilknytte en forklaring på, hvorfor de betyder så meget for mig. Det kan let blive en meget lang side, og jeg regner med at blive ved med at redigere på den.
C.S. Lewis
‘Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.’
Fordi jeg er træt af at folk spørger, om Gud virkelig kan skabe en sten, der er så stor, at han ikke kan løfte den og samtidig løfte den. Det er ikke Gud, der er noget i vejen med – det er den hjerne, der stiller den slags selvmodsigende spørgsmål.
George Knight
“It was the power of sin that the Pharisees underestimated. As a result, they thought that they could overcome sin through overcoming sins a, b and c. The problem central to that procedure is that after sins a, b and c have been “overcome,” the power of sin still remains, and we are still sinners. Nothing has been solved by our external tinkering, in spite of all the effort we may have expended.”
Fordi jeg af og til bilder mig ind, at jeg er blevet lidt bedre af, at jeg har gjort noget godt eller har undgået at gøre noget skidt – men ondt er kun blevet værre, fordi jeg er blevet mere fuld af mig selv og forsøgt at kvæle det faktum, at jeg stadig er en synder.
“God is in the business of saving people, not in merely polishing up their surfaces.”
Fordi mange kristne (adventister absolut ingen undtagelse) har det med at glemme det.
Gregory A. Boyd
“It’s always easier to prove a false theory false than it is to prove a true one true, so it is reasonable to have more beliefs about what you think is false than about what you think is true. It is a sign of a healthy, critical mind.”
Fordi det er sandt og har stor betydning for alt retorik.
“The more we choose something, the harder it is to choose otherwise, until we finally are solidified — eternalized — in our decision. The momentum of our character becomes unstoppable. We create our character with our decisions, and our character, in turn, exercises more and more influence on the decisions we make.”
Fordi det udtrykker en tro på både fri vilje og den kamp det er at omvende sig.
Piet Hein
“Den, som kun
tar spøg for spøg
og alvor kun alvorligt,
han og hun
har faktisk fattet
begge dele dårligt.”
Fordi der er meget få ting, jeg synes man ikke kan gøre grin med.
‘It doesn’t matter whether you’re selling Jesus or Buddha or civil rights or ‘How to Make Money in Real Estate With No Money Down.’ That doesn’t make you a human being; it makes you a marketing rep. If you want to talk to somebody honestly, as a human being, ask him about his kids. Find out what his dreams are – just to find out, for no other reason. Because as soon as you lay your hands on a conversation to steer it, it’s not a conversation anymore; it’s a pitch. And you’re not a human being; you’re a marketing rep.’
Fordi jeg er træt af kristne, der bare prøver på at “sælge” Jesus og driver marketing snarere end mission. Det her citat udfordrer mentaliteten i de fleste kirker til at fokusere på det vigtigste i kristendommen, nemlig relationen (at elske sin næste som sig selv).
Viktor Frankl
‘Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!’
Fordi det er så fornuftigt, men også sjovt formuleret.
