John Otálora

“Everything that goes on us under God's rule, is penetrated by God's rule, is judged by God's rule, is included in God's rule - every one of my personal thoughts and feelings and actions, yes; but also the stock market in New York, the famine in Sudan , your first grandchild born last night in Atlanta, the poverty in Calcutta, the suicide bombings in Tel Aviv and New York and Baghdad, the abortions in Dallas, the Wednesday-night prayer meetings in Syracuse, the bank mergers being negotiated in Chicago, Mexican migrants picking avocados in California - everything, absolutely everything, large and small: the kingdom of God in which Jesus is king.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way

“ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.”
― J.I. Packer, To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism

“Every single thing that happens to us expresses God's love to us, and comes to us for the furthering of God's purpose for us.”
― J.I. Packer

“If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it is bound to go bad on us”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God