Top 18 William Willimon Quotes
#1. Repentance, contrary to popular misconception, is not a heroic first step I make toward Christ, nor is it a feeling-sorry-for my sins. It is the divine gift of being turned toward truth. William Willimon
Gary L. Thomas
#2. Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.
William Henry Willimon
#3. You can be critical and not judgmental. The two are synonyms, but no the same. The critical man analyzes people, things, and issues, very carefully. The judgmental man presents the results of his careful analysis in a manner that condemns.
Kingsley C. Okei
#4. I'd love to do a fashion label in the future. I've been thinking a lot recently about maybe making a line of little dresses, so maybe one day.
Georgia May Jagger
#5. So there are no nontheologians; there is just good theology and bad theology.
William H. Willimon
#6. Jesus didn't die as a frustrated failed revolutionary. His death was the revolution.
William H. Willimon
#7. Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it.
Robert Breault
#8. The bombing of helpless and unprotected civilians is a strategy which has aroused the horror of all mankind. I recall with pride that the United States consistently has taken the lead in urging that this inhuman practice be prohibited.
William H. Willimon
#9. What's the point of hope if the hope you have is a lie? said Frank. Better to have no hope at all than false hope.
Chris Priestley
#10. I was very close to playing at an Ivy League School. The Division I schools, when a coach would come visit all he would talk about was my size.
Doug Flutie
#11. We are better givers than getters, not because we are generous people, but because we are proud, arrogant people. The Christmas story-the one according to Luke, not Dickens-is not about how blessed it is to be givers but about how essential it is to see ourselves as receivers.
William Henry Willimon
#12. To speak the gospel skillfully without attempting to perform the gospel is a false proclamation of the gospel.
William Henry Willimon
#13. What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.
Charles Bukowski
#14. As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.
Warwick Davis
#15. Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.
Michala Petri
#16. Writing is my primary way of expressing myself.
Annie Baker
#18. The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.
James Richardson
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