Category Archives: Quotes
Is God a Person?
For someone like me who struggled for a long time with supernatural Theism this article by Fr. Richard Rohr frames the question so well. It articulates what has been on my mind for years now but haven’t been able to … Continue reading
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From faith to belief?
Here’s a interesting quote from Kevin Lewis, a Lutheran theologian, on the heresy of literalism: “there are better, more legitimate, less blasphemous ways than this to affirm that the Bible is the Word of God. The Word is to be … Continue reading
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The Bible is not a constitution!
I love this quote I read today from Brian McLaren’s book, A New Kind of Christianity. I fully resonate with his opposition to reading the Bible as a constitution, and to the assumption that sola scriptura entails such an approach. … Continue reading
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Colonizing the name ‘God’ with concepts
Peter Rollins on speaking or not speaking about God – a quote from his book “How (Not) to Speak of God”: “While [the mystics] did not embrace total silence, they balked at the presumption of those who would seek to … Continue reading
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Younger generations prefer human contact
Here’s a magical quote from Dear Church. Letters from a Disillusioned generation, by Sarah Cunningham. Even if it is slightly American, I think it works everywhere. See what you think of it, but for me it is another proof that … Continue reading
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Atonement questions
I have been thinking lately about the atonement, and especially about the substitutionary atonement, as it is clasically understood in most Evangelical circles (of which I am a product, even if I moved on). I heard some good questions about … Continue reading
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No single meaning
Quote from Walter Brueggemann, “Divine Presence Amid Violence. Contextualizing the Book of Joshua”, p. ix: “The conviction that Scripture is revelatory literature is a constant, abiding conviction among the communities of Jews and Christians that gather around the book. But … Continue reading
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A failed religion?
Quote from Brian D. McLaren, Everything Must Change (p.33) “More and more reflective Christian leaders are beginning to realize that for the millions of young adults who dropped out of their churches in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, … Continue reading
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On Fundamentalism
Quote from John Shelby Spong, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism ‘The fundamentalists will appeal to the need for emotional security by trafficking in religious certainty. The system they create will survive momentarily – it might even flourish for a time … Continue reading
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