Craig S Keener Quotes

The keeper of the keys was one of the most important roles a household servant could hold (Mark 13:32-34). A higher official held the keys in a royal kingdom (Is 22:22) and in God's house, the temple. ~ Craig S. Keener

As Elijah's mantle fell on Elisha and as other prophetic disciples sought to emulate their mentors, so the ascending Jesus empowered his church with the Spirit to carry on his mission to the ends of the earth (1:9–11). ~ Craig S. Keener

Those who look down on other Christians because they lack a particular gift or experience, or those who despise a particular gift and look down on Christians who have it, are not demonstrating spiritual maturity. ~ Craig S. Keener

We should know and celebrate God with our whole person. While too many Christians neglect to serve God with the mind, others cultivate only their minds and neglect the emotional aspects of worship. ~ Craig S. Keener

Millions of Bible-reading Christians who today call themselves charismatics do not believe in health and wealth teachings. ~ Craig S. Keener

Any student of the New Testament eager to understand its Greco-Roman setting will profit greatly from this excellent book. I commend it highly for its up-to-date perspectives and usefulness. Jeffers writes with a breadth of expertise on the Greco-Roman world that few New Testament specialists can match. ~ Craig S. Keener

If we must "feel" God's presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God to our ability to grasp him, making him an idol instead of acknowledging him as God. ~ Craig S. Keener

Revelation announces that God is still in control and that he will conclude this stage of history the way he has promised. He ~ Craig S. Keener

Spiritual giftedness does not guarantee that we hear from God rightly on every point. ~ Craig S. Keener

So pervasively has Enlightenment culture's anti-supernaturalism affected the Western church, especially educated European and North American Christians, that most of us are suspicious of anything supernatural. ~ Craig S. Keener

One of the first steps we should take in knowing God's voice is knowing God's heart. ~ Craig S. Keener

Until those charismatic churches who have poor teaching can supply both spiritual empowerment and sounder teaching, many of them will continue to be only a way station for Christians who need a fresh spiritual experience but who end up taking it elsewhere once they have it. ~ Craig S. Keener

Is Western Christianity genuinely different enough from our cultures to delay God's judgment on our societies? ~ Craig S. Keener

God alone is God, and he alone merits first place - beyond every other love, every other anxiety, every other fear that consumes us. ~ Craig S. Keener

What the radical Enlightenment excluded as implausible based on the principle of analogy, much of today's world can accept on the same principle of analogy. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide claim to have experienced or witnessed what they believe are miracles. Eyewitness claims to dramatic recoveries appear in a wide variety of cultures, among Christians often successfully emulating models of healings found in the Gospels and Acts. Granted, such healings do not occur on every occasion and are fairly unpredictable in their occurrence; yet they seem to appear with special frequency in cultures and circles that welcome them. ~ Craig S. Keener

Revelation addresses many issues that have not changed because human nature and God's character have remained constant. It ~ Craig S. Keener

The image of keys (plural) perhaps suggests not so much the porter, who controls admission to the house, as the steward, who regulates its administration (Is 22:22, in conjunction with 22:15). The issue then is not that of admission to the church (which is not what the kingdom of heaven means; see pp. 45-47) but an authority derived from a delegation of God's sovereignty. ~ Craig S. Keener

Using only nonnarrative portions of the Bible to interpret narrative is not only disrespectful to the narrative portions but also suggests a misguided approach to nonnarrative parts of the Bible. ~ Craig S. Keener

God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the ways we think he should work. ~ Craig S. Keener

As a young Christian, I was praying fervently one day for guidance on a particular issue when I felt the Spirit gently interrupt. I was shocked to think I heard him suggest that I was too busy seeking his will. How could that be? Then I heard the rest of his suggestion. "Don't seek my will in this matter. Seek me - and then you will know my will." Seeking God's will is important, but in this case my focus was wrong. ~ Craig S. Keener

Western theology invariably asks the question: Are miracles possible? This of course addresses the Enlightenment problem of a closed universe. In much of Asia that is a non-question because the miraculous is assumed and fairly regularly experienced. - Hwa Yung ~ Craig S. Keener

It's a lie to sell a diet plan that includes fast and processed foods, then implement a points system. A big. fat. lie. ~ Nancy S. Mure

The child you hold in your arms is your gift to a future that you will not see. Therefore, we must turn a blind eye to ourselves and selflessly pour the best of ourselves into our children while rigorously sifting out the worst of ourselves. And once we are utterly spent by such daring gestures, we will shockingly discover the resulting emptiness as astonishingly filled. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

First item in the crew roster is given name, so I'll input 'Skippy'. Second item is surname-"
"The Magnificent."
"Really?"
"It is entirely appropriate, Joe."
"Oh, uh huh, because that's what everyone calls you," I retorted sarcastically, rolling my eyes. Not wanting to argue with him, I typed in 'TheMagnificent'.
"Next question is your rank, this file is designed for military personnel."
"I'd like 'Grand Exalted Field Marshall El Supremo'." "Right, I'll type in 'Cub Scout'. Next question-"
"Hey! You jerk-"
"-is occupational specialty."
"Oh, clearly that should be Lord God Controller of All Things."
"I'll give you that one, that is spelled A, S, S, H, O, L, E. Next-"
"Hey! You shithead, I should-"
"Age?" I asked.
"A couple million, at least. I think."
"Mentally, you're a six year old, so that's what I typed in."
"Joe, I just changed your rank in the personnel file to 'Big Poopyhead'." Skippy laughed.
"Five year old. You're a five year old."
"I guess that's fair," he admitted.
"Sex? I'm going to select 'n/a' on that one for you," I said.
"Joe, in your personnel file, I just updated Sex to 'Unlikely'."
"This is not going well, Skippy."
"You started it!"
"That was mature. Four year old, then. Maybe Terrible Twos."
"I give up," Skippy snorted. "Save the damned file and we'll call it even, Ok?"
"No problem. We should do this more often, huh?"
"Oh, shut up. ~ Craig Alanson

Face your fears by remembering the power of God's cleaning truth. To change the way you are, change the way you think. ~ Craig Groeschel

I can expend my life caught in the allure of a million places devised by man. Or, I can realize that being caught in the majesty of an eternal God is infinitely greater than being caught in a million places that will die a million deaths. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

The voice incessantly quelled in the chorus of human voices will always be the voice of God. And given a reality of this magnitude, I would be well advised to cease my babbling and encourage those around me to do the same. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

So how do you find out what God thinks? The Christian says, you look in the Bible. And the Bible tells us that God forbids homosexual acts. Therefore, they are wrong.
So basically the reasoning goes like this:
(1) We are all obligated to do God's will.
(2) God's will is expressed in the Bible.
(3) The Bible forbids homosexual behavior.
(4) Therefore, homosexual behavior is against God's will, or is wrong. ~ William Lane Craig

When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most people will respect us even if they don't share our faith. ~ Craig Groeschel

Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worry about sorting it out later. ~ Craig Groeschel

To live safely within the realm of possibility is to know nothing other than that which is possible. To live boldly within the realm of God is to experience everything that's impossible. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Rather than worrying about work, schedules, and deadlines, I felt at peace with God. He was in control. The world at large would not crumble because I turned off my iPhone. This is how it's supposed to be. For the first time in who knows how long, I felt like myself. Fully alive. Fully present. And fully aware of God's goodness. ~ Craig Groeschel

If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. ~ Craig Groeschel

God's love was designed to be inserted directly into the world's pain to work pain against itself for our good. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

The ingredients are exactly the same, but the taste is not. And that's because it's not about the ingredients. Rather, it's about the mother who took the time she didn't have to create the meal she didn't need for a child who didn't understand. And once I became an adult, I realized that those ingredients make the best meals. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

A number of U.S. colleges are going to start having dorms for alcoholics. I believe those are called dorms. ~ Craig Ferguson

David cuts through all the many needs, wants, and desires that may have been bouncing around inside him and essentially says, "If I could have only one thing, I want to be with God, to be in His presence, to know that he is always with me." Whether in good times or bad times, David knew the thing he needed most: to feel God's presence close by, intimately, through worship. ~ Craig Groeschel

You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He wants to take you to a new place, to transform you into a new person. ~ Craig Groeschel

In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God's main mark. ~ Craig Groeschel

More important, it's because God is our only true source of life. ~ Craig Groeschel

It's not that love lacks power. Rather, it's that we're too frightened to submit to a power that will demand vulnerability when we've invested the whole of our lives building walls. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. ~ Craig Groeschel

If I have not been both soothed by love and on the opposite extreme left devastated by it, I will never understand its power nor respect its majesty. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

It 's the time of year when Canadians mate. ~ Craig Ferguson

A 'good' father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a 'good' father who is also a 'brave' father will let the children without cultivate the child within. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Renew your mind by washing it with truth: God's Word. ~ Craig Groeschel

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise. ~ Craig Groeschel

We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation. ~ Craig Mundie

A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social Security benefits to Nazis. So from now on, no SS for the SS. ~ Craig Ferguson

I am what no one else is, and in the hands of God I can do what no one else does. And if I dare set such a truth in motion I will change my world. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be. ~ Craig Groeschel

I would rather have the favor of God than the blessing of a million men, for the favor of God takes the work of my hands and leaves a million men utterly astonished at the greatness of the feat. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction. ~ Craig Groeschel

For many of us, it's just one thing standing in our way of completely following Jesus. ~ Craig Groeschel