Quotes about Understanding
When we begin to glimpse the reality of God, the natural reaction is to worship him. Not to have that reaction is a fairly sure sign that we haven't yet really understood who he is or what he's done.
— NT Wright
As Schaeffer once wrote, there is nothing uglier than theological orthodoxy without understanding or compassion.
— Nancy Pearcey
When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and scolding.
— Nancy Pearcey
Art is a visual language, and Christians have a responsibility to learn that language.
— Nancy Pearcey
You can be utterly confident that any non-biblical worldview will be too "small" to account for all of reality.
— Nancy Pearcey
To get a message across to people, you must address their assumptions, questions, objections, hopes, fears, and aspirations.
— Nancy Pearcey
Beginning with sin instead of creation is like trying to read a book by opening it in the middle: You don't know the characters and can't make sense of the plot.
— Nancy Pearcey
We can know all about God, but not know Him at all. We
— Neil Anderson
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
— Nelson Mandela
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
— Nelson Mandela
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
— Nelson Mandela
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
— Nelson Mandela