When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3) Quotes

“The Cross is where the flesh goes to die. Its hands can no longer reach for what it desires because they have been nailed to the Cross.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“If from the prodigal son, we learned how to
repent, from the father, we learn how to forgive. Long before the offender came to his senses, forgiveness was already waiting.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“Our worth is not determined by our current state but by the immutable truth that we bear the image and likeness of God.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“Mammon is the hump that prevents the camel from passing through the eye of the needle.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“We tend to dread poverty when in wealth
than when we are poor. We do not want to go back to that life. So, the more we have, the more we want to store up.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“Heaven is prepared for believers who have
placed the gold of Mammon underneath their feet, not around their necks.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“It is more accurate to judge the state of our
heart by looking at our historic spending rather than at our proposed spending.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“Greed is an addiction to things—be it money, food, power, property, sex, beauty, or fame. We just never seem to have enough of it.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables

“The sad irony is that the Prodigal Abroad often gets back inside while the self-righteous Prodigal at Home stays outside.”
― Dami Olu, When God Speaks in Parables (Volume 3): Understanding Jesus’ Parables on Forgiveness, Greed, and Wisdom (When God Speaks in Parables