“Angels are here and around us; perhaps all around us. But we have to have an ear for them and an eye for them, and that only comes when we have the courage and faith to open ourselves to a world inhabited by more than humans and animals. There are angels around us.” WorldHumansEyeAnimalAngelEarsHumans And Animals Author:Scot McKnight
“Angels are spirits on mission, and that mission is God's. So, we can say that God, out of his love, sends angels to aid us in our redemption. Angels are sent for our redemption, and that redemption leads us all the way into the heights of worship.” WaySpiritWorshipAngelMissionsAidsRedemptionHeightHis Love Author:Scot McKnight
“The angels of the Bible terrify the humans to whom they visit; they startle and scare and even stun the humans. Why? Because in the Bible angels are colossal figures, fiery in light and, more often than not, overwhelming in their power. Angels, then, in the Bible are supernatural beings that humble us in their presence.” HumansLightFiguresAngelHumbleScareOverwhelmingFieryColossalSupernatural Beings Author:Scot McKnight
“Angels, inasmuch as they come from the Throne Room of the Thrice-holy God, usher us into the presence of God once removed and such encounters with God are more powerful and overwhelming than ordinary moments with God.” MomentsRoomsPowerfulHolyOrdinaryAngelEncountersOverwhelmingThronesPresence Of GodThriceHoly GodOrdinary Moments Author:Scot McKnight
“Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory.” EternalNewsGloryAngelKneesAweGood NewsComforting Author:Scot McKnight
“Angels do not intend to intimidate or scare, but their overwhelming glory and being will stun us into sudden contact with what is far beyond us.” GloryAngelContactScareOverwhelmingIntimidating Author:Scot McKnight
“Some think we each have a guardian angel while others think we don't have an assigned guardian angel, while yet others think God at times - but not always and not by assignment to each of us - sends an angel on a mission of guarding. The Bible's evidence that each of us has a specific, assigned guardian angel is not as solid as some think, so I'm with those who think sometimes God sends guardian angels but that we don't have a specific guardian angel.” ThinkingSometimesEvidenceAngelMissionsGuardianAssignmentsGuardian AngelGuarding Author:Scot McKnight
“God loves us and seeks our redemption, at times through angels.” AngelRedemptionGod LoveGod Loves Us Author:Scot McKnight
“I've never spoken with an angel, though one time I felt the awesome weight and glory of God's presence in an angel in my bedroom as I kneeled in prayer. I kept my eyes closed, good Baptist that I was at the time, so I never knew if it was an angel. (I now am reasonably confident it was.)” IfsEyeFeltPrayerGloryAngelWeightOne TimeBedroomGlory Of GodBaptistsGod's Presence Author:Scot McKnight
“In the Bible angels speak and humans speak back to them. This is the case with Mary in Luke 1. The angel speaks, Mary questions, and it goes back and forth. Abraham speaks with angels. So I would contend the Bible has enough evidence of angels speaking and humans speaking that speaking with an angel today would be reasonable. I've heard enough stories and read such that confirm that Christians today do speak with angels.” HumansEnoughStoriesWould BeTodayChristianSpeakCasesHeardEvidenceAngelReasonableMaryBack And ForthAbrahamLuke Author:Scot McKnight
“Angels emerge from the presence of God and worship of God, are sent on mission for our redemption, so it doesn't surprise me to read in the Bible of angels leading us into the presence of God in worship.” WorshipAngelSurpriseMissionsRedemptionPresence Of GodSurprise Me Author:Scot McKnight
