Quotes about Transcendence

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Nothing truly real is forgotten eternally, because everything real comes from eternity and goes to eternity.

Heaven has its own doors that open, bringing blessings from God to earth.

We must cut through the veils and enter worship in spirit and truth.

Our experiences of God matter—those sacred moments that defy the very rational capabilities we are so keen to rely on.

I need Sunday morning centered on what is transrational, the fundamental Christian mysteries of incarnation and resurrection, the very heartbeat of Christian faith. Not irrational or unworthy of discussion and debate, but that which, when the intellectual dust has cleared, is ultimately beyond what our minds can grasp. I need a God bigger than my arguments.

I have found that the prompts to adjusting my understanding of God are all around me—literally. The very heavens are shouting them, and the word they are shouting most clearly is "mystery.

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’