Jeff

“For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or it, may or may not be inclined, or even able, to do very much about us and our world, even if he (or it) wanted to ... all you can do is send off a message, like a marooned sailor scribbling a note and putting it in a bottle, on the off-chance that someone out there might pick it up. That kind of prayer takes a good deal of faith and hope. But it isn't Christian prayer.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian

“Direction, not intention determines your destination.”
― Andy Stanley

“When Jesus's followers asked him to teach them to pray, he didn't tell them to divide into focus groups and look deep within their own hearts.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian

“Just as we are what we eat physically, we are also what we consume spiritually.”
― Craig Groeschel, Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World