The Transforming Power of Suffering Quotes

“The key is that existence must present itself prior to essence being discovered. In other words, you have to have the freedom to make the choices between good and evil, otherwise they represent nothing to the individual except externally-imposed dogmatic rules imposed by a face-less authority.”
― Peter Denbo Haskins, The Transforming Power of Suffering: Charles B. Ashanin's Theology of Humanity's Evolution

“The issue of attention permeates the Gospels, yet the messages of the modern church swing wildly between the twin poles of hollow social action and shallow, myopic entertainment.”
― Peter Denbo Haskins, The Transforming Power of Suffering: Charles B. Ashanin's Theology of Humanity's Evolution