Jager Quotes & Sayings

Inactives-those whose feet are not placed on the path which leads to eternal life. — Jacob De Jager

I knew that if there — Anja De Jager

I walk into so many places where Christians are gathered and I get all excited, only to find that the fellowship among these Believers is dead! There is no openness, no authenticity. — Alan De Jager

As ordeals and duels gave way to confession as a proof of guilt, judicial torture was actually increasing in France. — Eric Jager

Why do some people fall out of activity ... for the same reason that they fall out of bed ... they are not far enough in it. — Jacob De Jager

God is only as far as we imagine Him to be. It's our fleshly desire not to run to Him that is ultimately our downfall. — Alan De Jager

The man who cannot obey God cannot say that he loves or trusts his Master. If God knows best then how dare we interfere with His will? — Alan De Jager

The faults and shortcomings we see in the members of our own ward or branch are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves. — Jacob De Jager

His true Being comes to light and even penetrates his clothing. We should not limit ourselves to Jesus. We have to recognize ourselves, our own true form ... Life would be so simple if we could always see what we are; if we could recognize what our neighbors are. If we could see the beams of light that pass through their clothing; if we could not only see their external form, but also experience their true being ... — Willigis Jager

If the bedbugs bite, bite back. — Liz De Jager

If the process don't transfer, they cannot even be called thinking. They can be called learning, memory, or habit, but not thinking. The purpose of a course on thinking is to enhance student's abilities to face new challenges and to attack novel problems confidently, rationally and productively. — Marilyn Jager Adams

Every time we have been drunk on Jager it's been - either we didn't remember or it's been insane. — Charlie Benante

Concerning our faith in the Lord, I am convinced that most of us have relied on willpower, self-effort, and religious activities in our attempts to live a holy life. And eventually when we figure out that those things don't work, we do one of two things: we start faking that we're holy and develop lives of duplicity and hypocrisy, or we simply agree with one another that "the bar of holiness" is too high. We convince ourselves and one another that God doesn't really expect us to live up to such impossible standards. — Alan De Jager

We can discover much about God by looking at nature. Take the Trinity for example. The Trinity is sort of like an apple. You've got the seeds, the flesh, and the skin. Three different things. Still, together they form one thing, an apple. And under no circumstances will one apple be three things, but the seeds, skin, and flesh will always be three things. — Alan De Jager

The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness. — Marilyn Jager Adams

Everybody welcome-especially elders who smoke. — Jacob De Jager

Learn to be satisfied. It is just as easy as being dissatisfied-and much more pleasant. — Jacob De Jager

This [egalitarianism vs complementarianism] is not an issue of chauvinism or discrimination. It is an issue of Biblical interpretation. — Alan De Jager

Letitia gets extremely pissed off when we're late with reports. It's you she coddles, as you're the baby."

Kyle scowls at his elder brother. "She doesn't coddle."
"She does. She pinches your cheeks," Megan says with her mouth full of pastry.

"That's abuse," Kyle counters. "I've told her to stop. — Liz De Jager

Disclosing one's "deep, dark secrets" makes them no less deep or dark or secret than any other petty flaw. — Alan De Jager

They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table. — Anthony Bourdain

People think the Bible is too complicated for the average person to understand. People tend to be wrong. It's too complicated for the unsaved person, yes, it's foolishness to him. But for those who are in Christ, it's a magnificent journey of simplicity. Depth, richness, but simplicity. It's the fact that the natural man can't believe that life with Christ is so simple that cause the great "complexity" argument. Stop, take a breath, and believe that it's as simple as it appears. — Alan De Jager

Do not reflect on the meaning of the word; thinking and reflecting must cease, as all mystical writers insist. Simply "sound" the word silently, letting go of all feelings and thoughts. — Willigis Jager

I just about prevent myself from laughing, but the information that coffee is basically faery Viagra just totally took the wind out of my sails. — Liz De Jager

So, in other words, we tore our world apart to get rid of these gods. And they were very bad gods, right?' I say, just to be clear. 'Not just messing around and having funsies with their adoring followers but truly wicked and vile? — Liz De Jager

Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer. — Willigis Jager

Authentic community is the sweet aroma of the gifts offered to our Lord on the day of His birth. — Alan De Jager

I want to commune with Christ and live in His fullness or I don't want anything to do with Christianity. I want all God has to offer. — Alan De Jager

There's a time in every Christian's life that can only be described as a period of walking through a thirsty and dry desert. This is where God teaches every believer the need for faith. God has to strip away every emotion, every feeling, and every physical thing that makes you comfortable serving Him. His voice grows quiet, His Presence lonely, His ear seems deaf, and it will do either one of two things: It will either make you find a comfortable rock and wait for God to show up, or it will create such a hunger and thirst after Him, just Him, that you abandon all the "things" of Christ for Christ alone. — Alan De Jager

I am going to be blunt now, but I feel it is warranted: Christians who aren't willing to confess their faults to each other are either full of pride, or they have no clue of the power of prayer! — Alan De Jager

If you cannot give God glory for something, you should not do it. If a person is not fully persuaded that an activity is pleasing to God, then it is a sin: "whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Romans 14:23) — Alan De Jager

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested. — Alan De Jager

Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read. — Marilyn Jager Adams

I don't reply. Surely Tucker wouldn't bring someone back to a room knowing that I'll be in the bed too, first shot. He wouldn't do anything with her after last night, this morning and this afternoon, second shot. Although he is all over her and has been since we got here, third shot. Maybe I didn't drop my knickers quick enough, fourth shot. He's probably laughing at me for everything I told him about the dream and stuff I wince and slam the now empty jager bomb glass down. — R.S. Burnett

Vodka eyeballing sounds great, but it's a
slippery slope. Next, you'll be scotch nostriling, tequila nippling and,
before you know it, Jager tainting. — Stephen Colbert

I love you, Kassia. — Talia Jager

man Gil had confronted — Paty Jager

I come from that earlier time in America when palm pilot was a nickname you recieved upon entering puberty! I was more than a palm pilot I was the palm Chuck Jager. Tom Wolfe wrote a book about me called The Right Hand Stuff. I was the only guy in my class hip enough to move to the European grip. — Dennis Miller