If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully we parse our Hebrew and Greek sentences, no matter how precisely we use our dictionaries and trace our etymologies, no matter how exactly we define the words on the page, if we do not appreciate the way a metaphor works we will never comprehend the meaning of the text.
Eugene H. PetersonThe only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given, the weather conditions that prevail at the ...moment.
Eugene H. PetersonNo life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.
Eugene H. PetersonWe cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.
Eugene H. PetersonThe vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.
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