“Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an individual’s salvation. As we shall see in later chapters, the church is not a collection of saved individuals… — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“It is well known that Pentecost reverses Babel. The people who built the tower of Babel sought to make a name, and a unity, for themselves. At Pentecost, God builds his temple, uniting people in Christ. Unity – interpretive agreement and mutual understanding – is, it would appear, something that only God can accomplish. And accomplish it he does, but… — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share
“Public theology is first and foremost a reaction against the tendency to privatize the faith, restricting it to the question of an individual’s salvation.… — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“Pastor-theologians should not have to choose between a “social” and a “spiritual” gospel, for there is only one gospel (Gal. 1:6–7), “an eternal gospel”… — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“The truth is that there is a world of difference between looking beautiful and being beautiful.” — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What” — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
“For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Rom. 13:1). God” — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
