Steve Guthrie

player of keyboards, Professor of Theology @Belmont University

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@gerbsch78 I’m pretty certain that Senior Leadership designated Wednesday “Pajama Day” for all faculty and staff. So you should be good.

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"God, the psalmist tells us, 'Holdest our soul in life.' But sin is the refusal to be held; it wrests free of the embrace of God."
- John Webster, _Confronted by Grace: Meditations of a Theologian

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The greatness of Israel is their recognition that their greatness comes from God, not themselves. The merit of Israel is, paradoxically, that they do not ascribe their success to their merit. - J Levenson, The Love of God:DivineGift, HumanGratitude,&Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

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“To say 'Amen!' signifies accepting the faith which has been proposed to us, trusting ourselves totally to God who has come to meet us, and becoming witnesses in our turn.” - Bruno Forte, A Short Introduction to the Apostles’ Creed, 113.

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"In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as the priest of his or her whole life -- to take all that is human, and to turn it into an offering and a hymn of glory." - Paul Evdokimov

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Solitude and silence are for prayer. The Desert Fathers did not think of solitude as being alone, but as being alone with God. They did not think of silence as not speaking, but as listening to God. - Henri Nouwen, The Way of the Heart

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"Gratitude is one of the strongest predictors of happiness. To feel grateful is to experience life as a gift, as an experience of grace and joy."

- Richard Beck, The Slavery Of Death, 100.

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It is when he is looking forward most clearly and vividly to his death, even before the Garden of Gethsemane casts its shadow, that Jesus gives thanks. That is, he connects his experience with the reality of God, because that is what thanksgiving does.- R Wiliams, Being Christian

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"While theology alone is not philosophy, the question of the possibility of theology has been, and to some extent still is, the principal philosophical question."
- Roger Scruton, A Short History of Modern Philosophy, 6.

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"We should not be afraid of personal language [for God], as if it were somehow inappropriate to the divine mystery. There is . . . nothing higher than the personal." - Colin Gunton, The Christian Faith, 6.

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Doctrine students: remember to bring your copy of Common Prayer to class today! Looking forward to seeing you!#christiandoctrine1fall2017

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"Where there is great love there are always miracles. One might almost say that an apparition is human vision corrected by divine love."

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"A man who sees himself as he really is hasn't the heart to criticize the next man."
- Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Bk 2, 5.

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@donovanmcabee Dude, actually I'd be hosed either way.

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"When the day of judgment comes we shall be examined about what we have done, not about what we have read."
-Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation

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Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ.

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I talk about my Creator Spirit book in the latest episode of the Makers and Mystics podcast.

https://t.co/2KTYYeWPT4

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Dirk Willems was martyred on this day in 1569. He escaped from prison, but was recaptured after turning back to rescue his drowning pursuer.

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Increasing insecurity has made us bolt doors....of houses [yet] the doors of shopping malls are always open. -- Pope Francis, _I Believe_