5. “Which of these is true? Either
God is all powerful, but doesn’t
care about evil & human
suffering, or He does care but
can’t do anything about it. You
have to choose: Is God all-loving,
or all-powerful, because
you can’t have it both ways!”

6. Pythagoras, Plato, Erasmus,
Aristotle, Machiavelli, Thomas
More, Baruch Spinoza, Rousseau,
Augustine of Hippo, David Hume,
Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Sartre,
John Stuart Mill, Bertrand
Russell, Martin Heidegger,
Jacques Derrida, Luther, Pascal,
Karl Barth, Bonhoeffer, C.S.
Lewis, Gandhi or MLK Jr.

9. Faith is being sure of what
we hope for & certain of what
we do not see.”

15. Consider it a sheer gift, friends,
when tests & challenges come at
you from all sides. You know that
under pressure, your faith-life is
forced into the open & shows its
true colors. So don’t try to get out
of anything prematurely…”

16. Let it do its work so you become
mature & well-developed,
not deficient in any way.”

20. Do you think these Galileans
were worse sinners than all the
other Galileans because they
suffered this way? I tell you, No!
But unless you repent, you too
will perish.”

21. If You, LORD, kept a record
of sin, LORD who could stand?”

24. Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius, Zo
roaster, Ba’al, Asherah, Molech, Bra
hmin, Shiva, Krishna, Rama, Lao
Tzu, Ts’ai
Lun, Epicurus, Zeno, Montanus, Au
gustus Caesar,
Jesus Christ, St.
Paul, Ra, Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, A
pollo, Mani, Quetzalcoatl, Pele, Hel,
Dalai Lama, Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, Joseph Smith, Mary Baker

25. Muhammad, Buddha, Confucius,
Zoroaster, Ba’al, Asherah, Molech,
Brahmin, Shiva, Krishna, Rama,
Lao Tzu, Ts’ai Lun, Epicurus, Zeno,
Montanus, Augustus Caesar,
Jesus Christ, St. Paul, Ra, Zeus,
Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, Mani,
Quetzalcoatl, Pele, Hel, Dalai Lama,
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Joseph
Smith, Mary Baker Eddy

27. The other gods were strong,
but Thou wast weak.
They rode, but Thou didst stumble,
to a throne.
But to our wounds,
only God’s wounds can speak.
And not a god has wounds,
but Thou alone.