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
faith inspiration heart
The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can fill it. We pass our lives trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles. As Augustine said: Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.
crazy christ being-crazy
It is just as crazy not to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else.
crazy shakes suspects
It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable.
wells reasoning
We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.
mind suffering scandal
A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind.
prayer catholic causes
Lack of prayer is the cause of lack of time.
real self giving
When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.
pain opposites interesting
The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.
selfish liars lying
Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks!
bored stuff poverty
The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life-until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.
alive life-is
Life is always fatal. No one gets out of it alive
kings prayer mean
Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly of rousing our awareness of God's love for us rather than trying to rouse God's awareness of our love for him, like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:26-29).
world speak argument
The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."
jesus excess lack-of-love
We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.