--- title: "5 Redemptive History Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Redemptive History quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Redemptive History sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/timothy-keller-240_bible_ministry-sadly-there-has-never-been-a-ci_468956.jpg" --- > [“ministry. Sadly, there has never been a city on earth that is not saturated with human sin and corruption. Indeed, to paraphrase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/ministry-sadly-there-has-never-been-a-city-on-earth-that-is-not/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/timothy-keller-240_bible_ministry-sadly-there-has-never-been-a-ci_468956.jpg) > [“IN THE MOST CRUCIAL EVENTS IN REDEMPTIVE HISTORY, God takes considerable pains to ensure that no one can properly conclude that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson-2/in-the-most-crucial-events-in-redemptive-history-god-takes/) [D.A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/d-a-carson-2-12097_history_in-the-most-crucial-events-in-redemptive_999645.jpg) > [“But this is just how the Lord delights to work--taking the sidelined and the overlooked and giving them quietly pivotal roles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dane-c-ortlund/but-this-is-just-how-the-lord-delights-to-work-taking-the-sidelined/) [Dane C. Ortlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dane-c-ortlund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/dane-c-ortlund-105580_history_but-this-is-just-how-the-lord-delights-t_1284390.jpg) > [“Following Vos, Van Til places epistemology where it truly belongs, within the eschatological status of history: either one is a member of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-d-dennison/following-vos-van-til-places-epistemology-where-it-truly-belongs/) [William D. Dennison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-d-dennison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/william-d-dennison-37790_kingdom-of-god_following-vos-van-til-places-epistemolog_2237991.jpg) > [“Redemptive history supplies what is lacking in natural revelation, the means by which God forgives sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/redemptive-history-supplies-what-is-lacking-in-natural-revelation-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/anonymous-1_god-forgives_redemptive-history-supplies-what-is-lack_3091906.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/redemptive-history/#itemlist", "name": "Redemptive History Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ministry. 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