Michael Poteet

“Leela: "There are many implements here that would make excellent weapons. See, over there! With a few modifications, that could be an effective tank!"

The Doctor: "It's a ride-on lawnmower."

Leela: "It's churning blades would be a fearsome sight as we rode into battle!"

The Doctor: "I'm not sure we'd be such a fearsome sight riding into battle at three miles an hour.”
― Eddie Robson, Doctor Who: Time In Office

“With all due respect to the religions of the world, there is no other story like the Christian story. The god who thunders, the god who persecutes and condemns, the god who wreaks vengeance - yes, we know this god from the caricatures. We know this god from the old paintings. We know this god from hearing continual references to "the Old Testament God." But this is not who God is. "The Old Testament God" is the one who has come down from his throne on high into the world of sinful human flesh and of his own free will and decision has come under his own judgment in order to deliver us from everlasting condemnation and bring us into eternal life. He has not required human sacrifice; he has himself become the human sacrifice. He has not turned us over and forsaken us; he was himself turned over and forsaken. This is what the Old Testament prophet Isaiah says:
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. (53:4-5)”
― Fleming Rutledge, And God Spoke to Abraham: Preaching from the Old Testament

“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“But of course we can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time