Creston Mapes > Quotes

“Evil is a departure from the way things ought to be. But it could not be a departure from the way things ought to be unless there is a way things ought to be. If there is a way things ought to be, then there is a design plan for how things ought to be. And if there is such a design plan, then there is a designer.” R. Douglas Geivett”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“What you want, I want to want. Help me, Father. Help your desires become my desires.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“Wrong because Christ had died for them and they were now killing him again.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“Because, when trouble hits, I have no other recourse than to leave it in his hands—dump it in his lap and forget about it. What else can I do? I can’t attempt to solve the problem with my own ingenuity, money, intervention, or strength. Things usually work out pretty well that way. So that’s what I’m forced to do now.”
― Creston Mapes, I Am In Here

“No one can obey the Ten Commandments. They’re designed to show us what sinners we are. Once we realize that, we understand we need help beyond ourselves. That’s where Jesus comes in.”
― Creston Mapes, Nobody

“​The bald officer, James Nichols, nodded again. “I’ll take care of it, sir.”
― Creston Mapes, I Pick You

“The extent to which you forgive others, that is the extent to which you will be forgiven.”
― Creston Mapes, Poison Town

“text from Joanie: “R u ready to roll? Hang in there. It will be over soon. C u tonight. Luv u.” He texted back: “All systems go. C u soon. Love u.”
― Creston Mapes, Signs of Life

“God can save us from this trial, but what if he doesn’t? What if the worst happens? What if that’s his will? How will you do then? What kind of Christian will you be then?”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“I stand by the door I neither go too far in nor stay too far out The door is the most important door in the world. It is the door through which men walk when they find God. There's no use in my going way inside and staying there ​ When so many are still outside and they, as much as I, crave to know where the door is And all that so many ever find is only the wall where a door ought to be. They creep along the wall like blind men with outstretched, groping hands Feeling for a door, knowing there must be a door, yet they never find it. So I stand by the door. The most tremendous thing in the world is for men to find that door - The door to God. The most important thing any man can do Is to take hold of one of those blind, groping hands and put it on the latch - The latch that only clicks and opens to the man's own touch. Men die outside that door As starving beggars die on cold nights in cruel cities in the dead of winter Die for want of what is within their grasp They live on the other side of it, live because they have found it Nothing else matters compared to helping them find it And open it and walk in and find Him. So I stand by the door. Go in great saints, go all the way in Go way down in the cavernous cellars and way into the spacious attics It is a vast roomy house, this house where God is. Go into the deepest of hidden casements of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood Some must inhabit those inner rooms, And know the depths and heights of God And call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is Sometimes I take a deeper look in, sometimes venture in a little farther But my place seems close to the opening So I stand by the door… I admire the people who go way in, But I wish they would not forget how it was before they got in Then they would be able to help the people who have not yet even found the door Or the people who want to run away from God again You can go in too deeply and stay in too long and forget the people outside the door As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place Near enough to God to hear Him and know He is there But not far from men as to not hear them and remember that they are there too. Where? Outside the door. Thousands of them, millions of them But more important for me, one of them, two of them, ten of them Whose hands I am intended to put on the latch So I shall stand by the door and wait for those who seek it. I had rather be a doorkeeper, so I stand by the door. — Samuel Shoemaker”
― Creston Mapes, Nobody

“That was the whole point; she couldn’t endure anything on her own. God wanted Pamela to purify herself of any hint of reliance upon herself. She’d come to think of it as an indelible knowing that God was in control—and she could trust him completely.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“She sometimes wondered if the invention of cell phones and computers and iPods was some devious plot by Satan to busy people’s minds so there was no time or space or quiet left for hearing God’s voice. They made everyone so co-dependent.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“I did get one odd e-mail back almost immediately, from Dr. Satterfield,” Barbara said.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“Evil is a departure from the way things ought to be. But it could not be a departure from the way things ought to be unless there is a way things ought to be. If there is a way things ought to be, then there is a design plan for how things ought to be. And if there is such a design plan, then there is a designer.” — R. Douglas Geivett”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“Kind of. White guy, maybe in his thirties, really big. Driving an old brown Toyota. The cops are after him now.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

“Sheer gratitude seizes me. I’m so deeply thankful. I cry and I don’t care. Utterly undone by the mercy that’s been given to me.”
― Creston Mapes, Signs of Life