Calvin Miller Quotes

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Image, Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or

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Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions.

—Calvin Miller

Image, We must look to Mary’s example to know how to deal with

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We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

—Calvin Miller

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Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

—Calvin Miller

Image, Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is

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Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

—Calvin Miller

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Image, After eating the world’s bread, we wake each morning to remember: We

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After eating the world's bread, we wake each morning to remember: We are still hungry. Seek a better loaf. Eat, and never die. Taste, savor, and be filled forever.

—Calvin Miller

Image, Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless.

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Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.

—Calvin Miller

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The lips know only shallow tunes

—Calvin Miller

Image, “And now you have joy?” “I do indeed.” “And how did you

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"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohibited all gloom from attending the celebration"...

—Calvin Miller

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Image, Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never

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Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never feel the need to change clothes for an execution in the afternoon. So Triumphal Sundays and Good Fridays always fit comfortably into the same April week.

—Calvin Miller

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One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

—Calvin Miller

Image, Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do

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Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

—Calvin Miller

Image, Readers, on the other hand, have at least 7.5 books going all the

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Readers, on the other hand, have at least 7.5 books going all the time. Actually, the number of books a reader takes on is usually directly related to the number of bathrooms he has in his home and office. I am working on a survey that will show that, over a lifetime, readers are in bathrooms seven years and three months longer than nonreaders.

—Calvin Miller

Image, Life found itself alive and somehow knew its opposite was death. We

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Life found itself alive and somehow knew its opposite was death. We are ever being born, or dying, and the thrill of choosing is ours. Only once, must we be born without our own consent. Only once, must we die without our own permission

—Calvin Miller

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Image, A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with

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A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.

—Calvin Miller

Image, It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see

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It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.

—Calvin Miller

Image, With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands

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With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.

—Calvin Miller

Image, We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving

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We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is embedded in the heart of a holy God. Unless we seek for ourselves in the epicenter of God's grace, we will be forever condemned to walk the arid edges of self-understanding.