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. PetersonThe moment the organic unity of belief and behaviour is damaged in any way, we are incapable of living out the full humanity for which we were created.
Eugene H. PetersonYou don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
Eugene H. PetersonPeople learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another. I think it's sacrilege, to tell you the truth, it really is.
Eugene H. PetersonGOD made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I'm alert to GOD's ways; I don't take God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works; I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. GOD rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
Eugene H. Peterson