“Grace works ahead of us to draw us toward faith, to begin its work in us. Even the first fragile intuition of conviction of sin, the first intimation of our need of God, is the work of preparing, prevening grace,… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
“God’s holiness without God’s love would be unbearable. God’s love without God’s holiness would be unjust. God’s wisdom found a way to bring them… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“The faithful have no dread of using the traditional language of the church. Terms like incarnation and resurrection need to be explained, not avoided.” — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Into your hands, 0 Lord, we commit ourselves this day. Give to each one of us a watchful, a humble, and a diligent spirit… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“If God absolutely and pretemporally decrees that particular persons shall be saved and others damned, apart from any cooperation of human freedom, then God… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“God's holiness is not an unloving holiness, and God's love is not an unholy love. It is only by keeping these two primary moral… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“The Spirit of God draws or leads the sinner from one phase to another, gradually, in proportion as one is found having a disposition… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Grace works ahead of us to draw us toward faith, to begin its work in us. Even the first fragile intuition of conviction of… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Faith itself is an act of human willing enabled and disciplined by grace.” — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“The theater in which God has chosen to meet rational creatures quietly is the inward realm of conscience, moral reasoning, prayer, and study, especially… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Lord, inspire us to read your Scriptures and meditate upon them day and night. We beg you to give us real understanding of what… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“BECAUSE OF PIETY’S PENCHANT for taking itself too seriously, theology does well to nurture a modest, unguarded sense of comedy. Some droll sensibility is… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Experiential sanctification is an ongoing process of daily rededication, reconsecration, mortification, and vivification of the whole person to God. It calls for believers to… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“The church that weds itself to modernity is already a widow within postmodernity.” — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“Eternal God, the refuge of all your children, in our weakness you are our strength, in our darkness our light, in our sorrow our… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
“early modern Christianity is often portrayed as an essentially European religion. This is regrettable because classic Christianity has its pre-European roots in cultures that… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share
