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
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.
squinting cynical vision
The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder. When we separate ourselves from truth, goodness, and beauty, we lose wonder and become cynical. The Enlightenment was basically the narrowing of our vision to a purely scientific, empirical, rationalistic worldview, screwing down the manhole covers on us so we became squinting underground creatures.
believe eye giving
God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.
two giver receiver
Every gift requires two freedoms: the giver's and the receiver's.
lessons firsts culture
No culture in history has ever embraced moral relativism and survived. Our own culture, therefore, will either (1) be the first, and disprove history's clearest lesson, or (2) persist in its relativism and die, or (3) repent of its relativism and live. There is no other option.
powerful our-world church
Adoration will heal our Church and thus our nation and thus our world... Adoration touches everyone and everything... [because it touches the Creator, Who touches everything and everyone]... When we adore, we plug into infinite dynamism and power. Adoration is more powerful for construction than nuclear bombs are for destruction
spiritual real sacrifice
It is the modern feminists who are the real male chauvinists, lusting for reproductive freedom (sexual irresponsibility) like playboys and demanding empowerment, that is, envying and imitating not only males, but male fools, judging inner worth by outer performance, sacrificing being for doing, finding their identity in their worldly careers, not in their inner essence, in their physical and spiritual wombs and motherhoods. This is what Karl Stern called "the flight from woman."
jesus joy secret
The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.