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
evil judgement doe
Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing what it does
life humanity doe
Agape's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity is easy because humanity does not surprise you with inconvenient demands. You never find humanity on your doorstep, stinking and begging.
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.
joy feelings doe
Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Mt 25:21).
world doe womb
The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can do...create.
doe fool christ
The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived.
given human responsibility
A woman has a responsibility and a privilege that a man doesn't have of given birth to another human being.
god morning real
God's love is as objective as light. Because the sun in a sense is light, or the source of light rather than being lit, it really gives its light to the earth. And because the earth really receives light from the sun, it is really transformed every morning from darkness to light. Just as objectively, because God is love, God really gives love to us. And because we receive real life-changing love from God, we are really transformed from darkness to light.
mistake confused judging
The Inquisition confused sin with sinners and judged both. Modern Americans make the same mistake but judge neither.
stories different looks
Things look different when history is seen as His-story.
hate compassion age
No age has been more prone to confuse the sin with the sinner, not by hating the sinner along with the sin but by loving the sin along with the sinner. We often use "compassion" as an equivalent for moral relativism.
christmas
Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.
world saint sin
Only saints can save the world. And only our own sins can stop us from being saints.
evil ego twins
You have an evil twin who is always with you. He is called your ego.