Allen Hood quotes

Allen Hood is one of my favorite teachers here at IHOP-KC. I love the way his eyes light up when he says the name of Yeshua. He is at once wise and funny, as seen in a quote from his Excellencies of Christ textbook:

Mistreatment and opposition touch places of pride [in our hearts] that otherwise go unnoticed in our controlled environments. This is why marriage can be, if cooperated with, a great sanctifier of the human heart. When I was single, I could control my environment in such a way as to keep my stuff undisturbed in hidden places. In marriage you can run but you cannot hide. Opposition and mistreatment are part of the unspoken vows: “In sickness and in health, in opposition and mistreatment until death do us part or until we kill each other.” I thought I was holy when single, but I found out quickly there is a difference between being holy and being undisturbed.

I am a long ways from considering marriage–there’s not even a guy on the horizon, not to mention the whole short-term celibacy thing–but I have to remember that.

Maturity is a process. Marriage helps you along. Heh.