Psychologized Preaching Quotes & Sayings

According to traditional wisdom in rural France, a baby in the womb should be compared to fruit on the tree. Not all the fruit on the same tree is ripe at the same time ... we must accept that some babies need a much longer time than others before they are ready to be born. — Michel Odent

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. — Franz Grillparzer

The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is hard to miss today, but oddly enough, not easy to prove. It is hard to miss in the evangelical world
in the vacuous worship that is so prevalent, for example, in the shift form God to the self as the central focus of faith, in the psychologized preaching that follows this shift, in the erosion of its conviction, in its strident pragmatism, in its inability to think incisively about the culture, in its reveling in the irrational. — David F. Wells

Just think: you cannot find a single misery for which you are not responsible. It may be jealousy, it may be anger, it may be greed - but something in you must be the reason that is creating the misery. — Rajneesh

Behind every book for young people and every global product of family entertainment, the hum of boardroom discussion about the politics of the work can be heard. — Marina Warner

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world. — John Burroughs

Laws have never been able to change human nature, and only God can change hearts. — Siri Mitchell

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure. — Gavin DeGraw

The heart aches through nights - the broken places of neglect — John Geddes

Where most people looked forward to the weekend to go out and yie one on, my idea of a good time was to figure out a Scorpions song — Warren DeMartini

Yes, darling, that is quite a nice frock, but the hankerchief is not only the wrong shade of grey, but quite damnably tied. Let me show you, my sweet. — Georgette Heyer

I was a student in Germany when Hitler came to power. — Klaus Fuchs

Forward my mail to Mars. — Stanley Kunitz

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself. — Brenda Johnson Padgitt

So I have to wish for the end of the world as I know it?" Xander asks, another hint of his old laugh in his voice. "Not the end of the world. For the beginning of a better one, — Ally Condie