“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“…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
“…We know in advance what’s going to be said, and so we forget to listen….” — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
