“To understand a Bible text it takes an act of the Holy Spirit equal to the act that inspired the text in the first place. A revelation of the Holy Spirit in one glorious flash of inward illumination would teach you more of Jesus than five years in a theological seminary.” YearsFirstsSpiritReligionJesusChristianityTeachFiveHolyEqualInspiredHoly SpiritGloriousRevelationsFive YearsFlashInwardIlluminationTheologicalSeminary Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Salvation is not some felicitous state to which we can lift ourselves by our own bootstraps after the contemplation of sufficiently good examples. It is an utterly new creation into which we are brought by our death in Jesus' death and our resurrection in his. It comes not out of our own best efforts, however well-inspired or successfully pursued, but out of the shipwreck of all human efforts whatsoever.” HumansWellsStatesJesusChristEffortExampleCreationSalvationInspiredLiftsContemplationResurrectionPursuedGood ExamplesBest EffortShipwreckBootstrapsJesus Death Book:Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus Source: Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
“At the opening of the Odyssey, Telemachus, inspired by the male-born Athena, searches for his father by turning against his mother. Jesus too publicly spurns his mother to be about his father's business. Male adulthood begins with the breaking of female chains.” MotherFatherJesusBornFemaleInspiredMalesOpeningChainsAdulthoodBeing A MotherAthenaOdyssey Book:Sexual Personae Source: Sexual Personae
“I preach with the hope that whoever is inspired, encouraged, intrigued, curious by my life on any level, whether it be parents saying they showed my video to their kids because they were complaining. It is the hope that that parent will go a bit deeper and know that ultimately Nick actually puts his hope into something bigger than himself. He puts it in Jesus Christ.” KnowsKidsJesusBitsParentChristLevelsJesus ChristBiggerInspiredDeeperComplainingVideoCuriousIntrigued Author:Nick Vujicic
“In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God. The powers from which all truly great composers like Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Beethoven drew their inspirations is the same power that enabled Jesus to do his miracles.” I CanIdeasHandsInspirationJesusDarkStudyMiracleLaysInspiredComposerSchubert Author:Johannes Brahms
“[n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired] This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the care and admonition of a guardian demon. And how many of our wisest men still believe in the reality of these inspirations while perfectly sane on all other subjects” MenBelieveStillsRealityInspirationCareJesusBeliefSubjectsRegardInspiredDemonSaneGuardianWisestWisest ManAdmonition Author:Thomas Jefferson