John Piper Quotes

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.

I would distinguish, and the Church distinguishes, between orientation and action. We have many priests who have lived their lives in keeping with the absolute value of celibacy.

I needed a concept of God that worked for me, and I wound up giving my life to Jesus Christ. I thought I was always going to have to wear skirts over my knees, not be able to listen to music, and have no personality. Fortunately, it's so completely opposite.

Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

For Christians, they need to access the power of Jesus and not look at Christianity as a religion. It is our Lord Jesus that makes you change, and Christians need to actualize it and put it into practice.

I didn't know what gay was. There was no such thing when I was growing up. I knew I had crushes on boys, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with that until I started to hear about it from the other kids in school.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up.

I am not gay.

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.

Orthodoxy is like an abyss of beauty that's just endless. I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.

I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women.

Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.

I'm not gay.

I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

I'm far from being a homosexual.

With faith and obedience practiced long enough, the Holy Ghost becomes a constant companion, our natures change, and endurance becomes certain.

Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.

I have never seen a homosexual chicken or turkey.