“We make desire, not truth, the real clue to what’s valuable. If we desire something, then it has value; if not, we… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“When we hear prophecy, we may not and must not treat it with cool detachment; prophecy isn’t a matter for our appraisal… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“…We know in advance what’s going to be said, and so we forget to listen….” — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Why is it that we often go away from Scripture unmoved, unaffected, dull? In the end, it’s because we refuse to be… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“In company with Christians down through the ages, we read…every passage of Scripture…out of the fact that for us, the center of… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“…The heart of the matter, the heart of the Christian message, is constituted by a fearful question and a merciful answer: What… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Betrayal means that, faced with opposition or temptation or ridicule, we fail to stand by a commitment to another. It’s another instance… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“We desperately need pardon. We need to have the past erased. We need, somehow, to have sin dealt with so that it… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Fellowship with God is what human beings are for. That is, we flourish as human beings if we live in free and… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Sin is misery, because it’s the perversion of our natures away from God. Sin deforms human life, which always leads to suffering.… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Reading the Bible isn’t about confirming our ideas and experiences and going away satisfied. It’s about being challenged, called into question. Part… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“As we read the stories of [the] last week of the life of Christ…, we are not to think of what we… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“There’s no resolution to the conflicts of our lives within ourselves, no freedom from wickedness to be sought in striving, no peace… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“The might of God isn’t infinite energy which could break out anywhere and do anything; it’s not a shapeless force. God’s might… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“Our believing has no power of itself; we certainly aren’t saved by belief. We’re saved by the grace and goodness and majesty… — John Webster Copy Share Image
“The story of the passion, these few brief hours one afternoon in the history of the world, [is] the outworking of the… — John Webster Copy Share Image
![“As we read the stories of [the] last week of the life of Christ…, we are not to think of what we read as the last days of a good man scandalously treated and slowly engulfed by powers too great for him. No, we’re to wonder at the majestic condescension of God, the unbroken movement of the will of…” quote by John Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ed1/john-webster-7470_confronted-by-grace_as-we-read-the-stories-of-the-last-week_1776071.jpg)
![“The story of the passion, these few brief hours one afternoon in the history of the world, [is] the outworking of the eternal will of God for our salvation. Jesus’ abandonment and death is not his defeat. It does not spell the overthrow of God’s ways—quite the opposite. It’s the fulfillment of…” quote by John Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05d/john-webster-7470_confronted-by-grace_the-story-of-the-passion-these-few-brief_2852173.jpg)