Quotes about Perspective
By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.
— Philip Yancey
From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.
— Stanley Hauerwas
In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours.
— Joseph Campbell
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
— John Ortberg
Choose to view life through God's eyes.
— Charles Swindoll
We act like God's only good when the outcome is good. We say, 'We've got a good God because I've got a good job.' But what if I don't have a good job? Does that mean God's not good anymore?
— Max Lucado
The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.
— AW Tozer
Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them.
— AW Tozer
Without God's Word as a lens, the world warps.
— Ann Voskamp
A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the god portrayed is too small. It is a god of a tiny world and not a god of a galaxy much less of a universe.
— Carl Sagan
If you have a small view of your sin, God's grace will be small to you.
— Timothy Keller
Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.
— Timothy Keller