Calvin Miller Quotes

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Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions.

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We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

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Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.

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The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.

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Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

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Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never feel the need to change clothes for an execution in the afternoon. So Triumphal Sundays and Good Fridays always fit comfortably into the same April week.

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We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is embedded in the heart of a holy God. Unless we seek for ourselves in the epicenter of God's grace, we will be forever condemned to walk the arid edges of self-understanding.

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Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

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Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.

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With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.

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Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.

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Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

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Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

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