--- title: "1 God Wise Quotes By John H. Walton" description: "1 God Wise quotes by John H. Walton. Plus more from John H. Walton and more God Wise sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/john-h-walton-28906_faith_god-s-wisdom-not-god-s-justice-forms-the_1589448.jpg" --- > [“God’s wisdom, not God’s justice, forms the basis of God’s activity in the world. Faith trusts that God is wise and that therefore his purposes are good, even if they don’t seem that way to any system we can understand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/god-s-wisdom-not-god-s-justice-forms-the-basis-of-god-s-activity-in/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/john-h-walton-28906_faith_god-s-wisdom-not-god-s-justice-forms-the_1589448.jpg) ## More by John H. Walton > [“THERE IS GOOD REASON why Christian theologians consider theodicy the unsolvable theological issue. The reason is this: It is unsolvable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/there-is-good-reason-why-christian-theologians-consider-theodicy-the/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“Though we cannot expect to be able to think like they thought, or read their minds, or penetrate very deeply into so much that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/though-we-cannot-expect-to-be-able-to-think-like-they-thought-or-read/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“If we follow the sense of the literature and its ideas of creation, we find that people in the ancient Near East did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/if-we-follow-the-sense-of-the-literature-and-its-ideas-of-creation-we/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [Our point, however, is not to worship the Bible; we worship the God of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/our-point-however-is-not-to-worship-the-bible-we-worship-the-god-of/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/the-most-central-truth-to-the-creation-account-is-that-this-world-is/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“The Bible's message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the culture in which it originated, but the form in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/the-bible-s-message-must-not-be-subjected-to-cultural-imperialism-its/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“The Old World science found in the Bible would not be considered “wrong” or “false” as much as it would just offer a perspective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/the-old-world-science-found-in-the-bible-would-not-be-considered/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“In response, God appears to Job and compels him to live in mystery, not giving an answer to his suffering but asserting his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/in-response-god-appears-to-job-and-compels-him-to-live-in-mystery-not/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“Art that is based on scenes from the Bible is not better than art that is based on scenes from, say, Shakespeare or Homer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/art-that-is-based-on-scenes-from-the-bible-is-not-better-than-art/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“impose our own cultural ideas on the text without thinking. The Bible’s message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/impose-our-own-cultural-ideas-on-the-text-without-thinking-the-bible/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [Since all people are in the image of God, all deserve to be treated with the dignity the image affords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/since-all-people-are-in-the-image-of-god-all-deserve-to-be-treated/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“We cannot have all the answers, Job; we don’t even know all the questions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/we-cannot-have-all-the-answers-job-we-don-t-even-know-all-the/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/though-we-recognize-distinct-cultural-differences-across-time-and/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“God’s wisdom, not God’s justice, forms the basis of God’s activity in the world. Faith trusts that God is wise and that therefore his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/god-s-wisdom-not-god-s-justice-forms-the-basis-of-god-s-activity-in/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) > [“THE RETRIBUTION PRINCIPLE (RP) is the conviction that the righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer, both in proportion to their respective righteousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-h-walton/the-retribution-principle-rp-is-the-conviction-that-the-righteous/) [John H. Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-h-walton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-wise/john-h-walton/#itemlist", "name": "1 God Wise Quotes By John H. Walton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God’s wisdom, not God’s justice, forms the basis of God’s activity in the world. Faith trusts that God is wise and that therefore his purposes are good, even if they don’t seem that way to any system we can understand. 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