Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology.… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share
Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share Image
To speak the gospel skillfully without attempting to perform the gospel is a false proclamation of the gospel. — William Henry Willimon Copy Share Image
Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology. So you and I can give thanks that the locus of Christian thinking appears to be shifting from North America… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share
We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen. The irony is that the belief that nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen is a belief that we… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share
We are better givers than getters, not because we are generous people, but because we are proud, arrogant people. The Christmas story-the one according… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share Image