Today we cannot assume people, even all Christians, understand the Bible's implicit, underlying view of reality. We have to dig it out… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The idea of having no limits, either through education or money or possessions or power, is radically alien to everything the Bible… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The biblical writers assumed many things about reality that modern, Western people do not assume because we've been conditioned by our cultures… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The biblical writers didn't need to say everything; they could assume some things. They didn't anticipate a day when even Jews and… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Human beings are special, of higher dignity and worth than other animals, because they're created in God's own image and likeness. It's actually true… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“People who say that Calvinists teach predestination and deny free will, and that Arminians deny predestination and teach free will are simply wrong.” — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So, for the… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“If God’s love is absolutely different from the highest and best notions of love as we derive them from Scripture itself (especially from Jesus… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
"Ultimate reality" is the highest, deepest, eternal, unchangeable, source and ground of everything we see, touch, and experience with our five senses. It's that… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea and God's… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
“Someone has said that no theology is worth believing that cannot be preached standing in front of the gates of Auschwitz. I, for one,… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
