“It is our contemporary culture’s tragedy to have lost any sense of suffering as a positive dimension of human existence. Beginning with the premise that life ought to be without pain, we make suffering something to be avoided at all… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
God's image…is found not best in individual humans, but in humans as they relate to each other. — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents…Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act…parenting reveals the way that… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs. — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“Those who are in pain – most of the world’s populations at any given moment – do not do a lot of thinking, speaking,… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“We must let go of any fantasy concerning the church as a stable, predictable, well-regulated organization. If the church is truly the place in… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“Religious experience involves an encounter with the holy, the mystery of the totally other that opens like a chasm before humans in unexpected ways,… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“If we are called to attention by God’s Life and Holy Spirit, then the ‘spiritual life’ is not a pleasant option we might like… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“What is it, really, that we could lose if we handed ourselves over to the discernment of faith? Would we really lose anything except… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is our contemporary culture’s tragedy to have lost any sense of suffering as a positive dimension of human existence. Beginning with the premise… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“For if there is an actual and present rule of God in the world, then it must be found, not in the conquest of… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived. — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
“Faith is first of all not attachment to a body of doctrines but a process of responding in obedience and trust to God’s Word.… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
