“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… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“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).… — David Gibson Copy Share Image
“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
