Mark Gregory Karris > Quotes

“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitter- ness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” – NELSON MANDELA”
― Mark Gregory Karris, Religious Refugees: (De)Constructing Toward Spiritual and Emotional Healing

“Forming a theology of petitionary prayer for others based on Scripture requires that we work through some hermeneutical issues. It requires that we separate wishes from prayers. It requires that we separate myth, legend, and metaphorical and symbolic literature from objective history. It requires that we separate event descriptions (this is what happened) from biblical prescriptions (this is what you should do). It also requires us to ask, when faced with verses that offer images of God that are contrary to the person and character of Christ and the definition of love, “What else is going on?” These are not easy tasks.”
― Mark Gregory Karris, Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer With the Uncontrolling Love of God

“Jesus is a prime example of someone who lived his life as an unceasing prayer to God. Not only was he praying on the many occasions when he rose well before dawn to speak to God, but his entire life was a prayer and a sweet aroma unto God. When Jesus held precious children, fought for lepers and healed them, reached out to those considered sinners, losers, or lunatics, or spoke against the religious leaders of his day, he was the full embodiment of a prayerful life.”
― Mark Gregory Karris, Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer With the Uncontrolling Love of God