Eugene H. Peterson: Quotes about God

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Eugene H. Peterson: 18 quotes1 like

“All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.”

Eugene H. Peterson

“When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.”

Eugene H. Peterson

“The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.”

Eugene H. Peterson

“When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.”

Eugene H. Peterson

“I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.”

Eugene H. Peterson

Source: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society