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> [Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as he would describe it before we criticize or condemn. Another guiding principle should be 'Do not impute to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/before-you-disagree-make-sure-you-understand-in-other-words-we-must/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

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## More by Roger E. Olson

> [Human beings are special, of higher dignity and worth than other animals, because they're created in God's own image and likeness. It's actually true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/human-beings-are-special-of-higher-dignity-and-worth-than-other/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“People who say that Calvinists teach predestination and deny free will, and that Arminians deny predestination and teach free will are simply wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/people-who-say-that-calvinists-teach-predestination-and-deny-free/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/we-including-many-christians-read-the-bible-through-eyes-conditioned/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Before saying 'I disagree' be sure you can say 'I understand.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/before-saying-i-disagree-be-sure-you-can-say-i-understand/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/only-a-loving-and-covenant-making-personal-god-can-provide-humans/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“If God’s love is absolutely different from the highest and best notions of love as we derive them from Scripture itself (especially from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/if-god-s-love-is-absolutely-different-from-the-highest-and-best/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [We're creatures, so we have limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/we-re-creatures-so-we-have-limits/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> ["Ultimate reality" is the highest, deepest, eternal, unchangeable, source and ground of everything we see, touch, and experience with our five senses. It's that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/ultimate-reality-is-the-highest-deepest-eternal-unchangeable-source/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Humanism cannot survive on a purely secular platform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/humanism-cannot-survive-on-a-purely-secular-platform/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/surely-we-can-only-come-to-understand-each-other-s-beliefs-by-means/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea and God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-bible-portrays-god-as-entering-into-covenants-with-people-which/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“Someone has said that no theology is worth believing that cannot be preached standing in front of the gates of Auschwitz. I, for one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/someone-has-said-that-no-theology-is-worth-believing-that-cannot-be/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [There's nothing easy or simple or even entertaining (in our contemporary American sense of that word) in disciplining our minds to "see" reality through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/there-s-nothing-easy-or-simple-or-even-entertaining-in-our/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Today, under the influences of Eastern religions and philosophies imported into the West, many Christians confuse God's Spirit with our spirit and think our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/today-under-the-influences-of-eastern-religions-and-philosophies/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Today we cannot assume people, even all Christians, understand the Bible's implicit, underlying view of reality. We have to dig it out and show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/today-we-cannot-assume-people-even-all-christians-understand-the/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

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