Peter Kreeft
Peter Kreeft
Peter John Kreeftis a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. He is the author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
jesus law forever
If your life is Christ, then your death will be only more of Christ, forever. If your life is only Christlessness, then your death will be only more Christlessness, forever. That's not fundamentalism, that's the law of non-contradiction.
men religion stories
Other religions are stories of man's search for God. The Bible is the story of God's search for man.
doe turns ifs
If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything.
blessed suffering christ
Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.
writing choices stories
God writes the story of our lives with the pen strokes of our own free choices.
faith believe keys
The key to faith is love. We believe only if we love. Trust is the middle term; only if we love, do we trust; and only if we trust, do we believe.
animal civilization dying
The civilization you sit in ... is now obvious in crisis, perhaps death pangs, twisting grotesquely like a dying animal, swirling down the garbage drain-this civilization was founded on God's road map.
son moon light
Mary's light is like that of the moon, totally reflected from the sun, the Son of God.
christian suffering worst
The greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God - so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst.
eye poet scientist
The eye of the poet sees less clearly, but sees farther than the eye of the scientist.
saint wimps made
Great saints have often been made out of great sinners, but not one was ever made out of a wimp.
faith inspiration growth
The field of earth and of our human nature is now no longer barren but full of the seed of divine life. But it takes time for the seed to grow, for the Kingdom to come, and we are commanded to pray and work for that coming, that growth, even if we do not yet see the fruits, or even the blossoms, or even the leaves....
grace gods-grace emptiness
Our only qualitifcation for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness.
choices feelings catholic
Feelings come to us, passively; love comes from us, actively, by our free choice.