If the biblical writers were writing today they might spell out some things more clearly, given how easily even Christians fall into thinking in ways alien and foreign to the biblical story of God and creation. — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
To some of us, raised and trained in allowing the Bible to absorb the world (that is, to "see" all of reality through the biblical story), the Bible is quite clear about all really important matters. — 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
There's nothing easy or simple or even entertaining (in our contemporary American sense of that word) in disciplining our minds to "see" reality through… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Today, under the influences of Eastern religions and philosophies imported into the West, many Christians confuse God's Spirit with our spirit and think our… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Today we cannot assume people, even all Christians, understand the Bible's implicit, underlying view of reality. We have to dig it out and show… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
