“Instead of being superficial, death invites you to be a person of depth. Only someone who knows how to weep will really know what it means to laugh. That’s the message of Ecclesiastes. It’s an invitation to be a person… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the Word. From heaven he came and… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“in the poetry that opens his book the Preacher is not commenting on what life is like without Christ. He is not saying this repetitive roundabout is what life is like from a secularist perspective. This is not what the world feels like from the viewpoint of existential nihilism, or postmodern navel gazing. It’s just what the world is like.… — David Gibson Copy Share
“sacrifice is permanently effective, since he intercedes for believers on the basis of his death as the one who lives and reigns forever (7:24–25). The relationship between Jesus’s death and his intercession is crucial. Clearly, Jesus’s intercession as the Risen One is invariably effective since he intercedes on the basis of his death (cf. Rom. 8:31–34). But it would be… — David Gibson Copy Share
“Change and constancy are the two balancing weights on the seesaw of human experience, and God has given humanity the means to enjoy both… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“Definite atonement refers not only to the intended target of the atonement—namely, the elect—but also to its efficacy: the atonement achieves its purpose, full… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“has been completely and decisively forgiven at the cross of Christ (10:14).” — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“be neither an escapist nor a theological snob, for part of living wisely is learning to live with the limitations of wisdom itself.” — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“We live forward. Ecclesiastes teaches us to live life backward. It encourages us to take the one thing in the future that is certain—our… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“As with the other Pauline passages that I have analyzed, similarities surface: (1) each moment is held as distinct but integrally connected to the others;… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“The problem is that one man's superstition is another man's religion, and vice versa. Many Protestants today still see Catholicism as being rife with… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“in Titus 3, Paul locates God’s salvation in three moments: the moment of redemption accomplished, when Christ appeared in history; the moment of redemption… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“For Paul, it is inconceivable for God to accomplish redemption for people and not bring that accomplished redemption to its consummated end in glorification.” — David Gibson Copy Share Image
