Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Peter Kreeft Quotes: Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.
         

Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.


Peter Kreeft
Check all other quotes by Peter Kreeft

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Peter Kreeft Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Suffering-is-not-blessed-because-it-is-952335>.





Check out


Other quotes of Peter Kreeft


In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.

In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.



If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.

If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.



Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.



The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.

The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.



Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.

Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.



One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.



Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts.

Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts.



There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.

There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.



Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning.

Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning.



The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.

The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.





Other quotes you may like


I always took 'Coronation Street' a year at a time anyway. It was the 50th anniversary I'd been there five years. It just felt right to leave.

I always took 'Coronation Street' a year at a time anyway. It was the 50th anniversary I'd been there five years. It just felt right to leave.



There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.



Whoever needs the relationship less has all the power.

Whoever needs the relationship less has all the power.



If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.

If advertising encourages people to live beyond their means, so does matrimony.



Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.

Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.



It will be a sad day for the world when the Oriental gent realizes that Western bumbling is only Eastern guile in a different idiom. Well, a lot of it, anyway.

It will be a sad day for the world when the Oriental gent realizes that Western bumbling is only Eastern guile in a different idiom. Well, a lot of it, anyway.



When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.



I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.

I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.




School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.

School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.". Author of this quote is Peter Kreeft. This quote is about suffering, blessed, christ,.