Balaam Quotes

• Scripture itself is not systematic; the New Testament shows the greatest variety. God has shown us that he can use any instrument. Balaam's ass, you remember, preached a very effective sermon in the midst of his 'hee-haws.'

  C. S. Lewis

  Use, Systematic, Scripture

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

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• A man's personality is matured only when he appropriates the truth, whether it is spoken by Balaam's ass or a sniggering wag or an apostle or an angel.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Angel, Men, Personality

  "Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers: Autobiographical, 1829-1848". Book by Søren Kierkegaard and Gregor Malantschuk, p. 226, Journals IV A 87 (1843), 1978.

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• Una vez tuve un profesor... Dijo: 'Clase, olvidarán casi todo lo que les enseñaré aquí, así que por favor recuerden esto: que Dios habló a Balaam a través de su asno, y ha estado hablando a través de asnos desde entonces. Así que, si Dios decide hablar a través de vosotros, no tenéis que tener un concepto muy elevado de vosotros mismos. Y, si al conocer a alguien, enseguida reconoces lo que es, escúchalo de todos modos'.

  Rich Mullins

  Thinking, Class, Meeting Someone

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• [On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.

  Katharina Zell

  Speaking Up, Baptists, Pharisees

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• In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey.

  Shane Claiborne

  Kings, Guy, Use

  "Tramar juntos la bondad: Entrevista con Shane Claiborne". Entrevista con Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. 22 de mayo de 2013.

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• Truth is truth, whether from the lips of Jesus or Balaam.

  George MacDonald

  Jesus, Lips, Truth Is

  George MacDonald (1867). “Unspoken Sermons”, p.103

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• Dios habló a Balaam a través de su asno. Creo que Dios sigue hablando a través de los asnos hoy en día. Así que si Dios decide hablar a través de ti, no tienes por qué tener un concepto muy elevado de ti mismo.

  Rich Mullins

  Creer, Pensar, Hoy

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• In all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is the ground of the observation, that the first thought is often the best. In these cases, doubt and deliberation is itself dishonesty; as it was in Balaam upon the second message.

  Joseph Butler

  Views, Doubt, Firsts

  Joseph Butler (1839). “The Whole Works of Joseph Butler ...”

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