--- title: "1 Likeness Christ Quotes By Gergory A. Boyd" description: "1 Likeness Christ quotes by Gergory A. Boyd. Plus more from Gergory A. Boyd and more Likeness Christ sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/gergory-a-boyd-40069_relationship-with-go_it-s-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-import_347092.jpg" --- > [“It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of a believer’s mental representation of God, for the way you imagine God largely determines the quality of your relationship with God. The intensity of your love for God will never outrun the beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/it-s-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-importance-of-a-believer-s-mental/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/gergory-a-boyd-40069_relationship-with-go_it-s-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-import_347092.jpg) ## More by Gergory A. Boyd > [“God is Christlike, and in him is no un-Christlikeness at all. —A. M. Ramsey”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/god-is-christlike-and-in-him-is-no-un-christlikeness-at-all-a-m-ramsey/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of a believer’s mental representation of God, for the way you imagine God largely determines the quality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/it-s-impossible-to-exaggerate-the-importance-of-a-believer-s-mental/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“Jesus viewed the OT as a divinely inspired authority that was under, not alongside, his own divine authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/jesus-viewed-the-ot-as-a-divinely-inspired-authority-that-was-under/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“In fact, there is mounting neurological evidence that a person’s mental representation of God significantly affects their quality of life, for better or for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/in-fact-there-is-mounting-neurological-evidence-that-a-person-s/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“Scripture’s violent portraits of God will continue to pollute our mental images of God until we find a way to reconcile them with Jesus’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/scripture-s-violent-portraits-of-god-will-continue-to-pollute-our/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“While I continue to affirm that the whole Bible is inspired by God, I’m now persuaded that the Bible itself instructs us to base…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/while-i-continue-to-affirm-that-the-whole-bible-is-inspired-by-god-i/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“Origen taught that when we come upon a biblical passage that seems unworthy of God, we must humble ourselves before God and ask the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/origen-taught-that-when-we-come-upon-a-biblical-passage-that-seems/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“to say that a passage is divinely inspired is not to say that it necessarily reflects an unclouded vision of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/to-say-that-a-passage-is-divinely-inspired-is-not-to-say-that-it/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“For Jesus, the key to understanding the Old Testament was located in his own life and work, for everything pointed to himself. —David Dockery”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/for-jesus-the-key-to-understanding-the-old-testament-was-located-in/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“Everything we need to know and can know about God is found in Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/everything-we-need-to-know-and-can-know-about-god-is-found-in-christ/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) > [“Jesus is what God looks like when there are no clouds in the way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/jesus-is-what-god-looks-like-when-there-are-no-clouds-in-the-way/) [Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/likeness-christ/gergory-a-boyd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Likeness Christ Quotes By Gergory A. 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