Robert Castillo

“Around $50 million had collected in one checking account in the Bronx…. Those of us who worked in the office regularly understood that we were not to speak about our work. The donations rolled in and were deposited in the bank, but they had no effect on our ascetic lives or on the lives of the poor we were trying to help.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice

“Sin at its core is selfish. Holiness at its core is self-giving.”
― Jackie Hill-Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“The soil from which all sin grows is unbelief. We sin because it is our nature to do so, but it’s not as if we always sin unintentionally, like depraved robots without the ability to behave according to reason. We are thoughtful with our rebellion. There is a level of reasoning within us when we decide which golden calf we’ll love on any given day.”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him

“The Lord is holy beyond comparison, for His holiness is not derivative of of some other source. His holiness is intrinsic to His nature as God. It’s as essential to Him as creaturely dependence is to us. Of all the songs to sing to one another, of all the divine attributes worth praising God for, Isaiah saw the seraphim make melody around the supreme holiness of God.

(Holier Than Thou, pg. 20)”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him