“It is possible to be outside God’s revealed will—by oppressing the poor, for instance, or rejecting the authority of Scripture—but we cannot, by definition, be outside God’s hidden will. Such a distinction entails both a warning and a promise. On… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“When we imagine Jesus’ teaching in his own time and place, W ca we cannot use profiles of teachers from our own world to… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“One of the odd features of the Christian life, and Scripture more broadly, is that times of suffering and sin can be renarrated in… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“Here is how Basil of Caesarea puts it: “When the Lord taught us the doctrine of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, . . .… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“Mary Daly so provocatively noted the incipient nature of this danger when she exclaimed: “If God is male, then the male is God.”7” — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“That is why we began with a discussion on how to speak of God properly. Throughout our discussion we have seen that the witness… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“The theologian Karl Barth spoke of religion as humanity’s faulty attempts to try to understand God on their own, while Jesus Christ is God’s… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“It is possible to be outside God’s revealed will—by oppressing the poor, for instance, or rejecting the authority of Scripture—but we cannot, by definition,… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
“Evangelicals tend to be “crucicentric,” which means “centered on the cross.” And we fail to see the comprehensive nature of Christ’s work. As the… — Gary M. Burge Copy Share Image
