Contrary to our culture, the Biblical doctrine of Grace humbles us without degrading us, and elevates us without inflating us..
As a thinker I keep discovering that beauty itself is as much a fact, and a mystery...I consider nature's facts -- its beautiful and grotesque forms ….
But, those who did good to Allah and the people, Allah will give them reward by bestowing upon them His grace..
Living with animals can be a wonderful experience, especially if we choose to learn the valuable lessons animals teach through their natural enthusia….
A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the spiritual life, the human wi….
Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust..
Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes a mystical matter, rather than a moral matter..
Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ. The soul, in time of pr….
My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and its affections, but to breathe after t….
The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give us what we deserve- that's merc….
But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and….
I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the same confidence in my own ….
To become effective men of God, then, we must know and acknowledge that every grace and every virtue proceeds from God alone, and that not even a goo….
Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage..
I think the music industry, for instance, is such a huge, multibazillion-dollar industry and it's become very, very savvy. There's a very short grace….
To know that God loves us in the state of grace or disgrace is the most powerful motivation to respond with the aid of grace to His loving call..
There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus..
Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something ….
Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces..
What interests you most is our present condition: it is what we would have desired, thorny and difficult, but it is made easier by the unction of gra….
You can't resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time..