Here is a selection of quotes from books I am reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cWithout saying that God does evil that good may come, we can say that God overrules the full tendencies of preexisting evil so that the evil promotes God\u2019s eternal plan, contrary to its own tendency and goals\u201d (Hard Sayings of the Bible; 1 Kings 22:20-22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe clincher question Cal used to get free room and board around Europe as a poor traveler was: \u201cCan you tell me: How do you make the perfect goulash?\u201d He would purposefully sit down next to grandmas, who would then pour out their souls. After a few minutes of passionate pantomiming, people would come from around the train to help translate, no matter the country.\u201d (Ferris, Tools of Titans)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo Beowulf, friend, ban such thoughts. Better be humble, (1760) As the best of brave men, the better part take\u2014Eternal gains, everlasting life; arrogance is death, Famed warrior and friend.\u201d (Wilson, Beowulf)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t follow that you\u2019ll be anyone very special in Narnia. But as long as you know you\u2019re nobody very special, you\u2019ll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.\u201d (Lewis, The Horse and His Boy)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is a selection of quotes from books I am reading: \u201cWithout saying that God does evil that good may come, we can say that God overrules the full tendencies of preexisting evil so that the evil promotes God\u2019s eternal … Continue reading