Our point, however, is not to worship the Bible; we worship the God of the Bible. — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“The Bible's message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the culture in which it originated, but the form… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“impose our own cultural ideas on the text without thinking. The Bible’s message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“God’s wisdom, not God’s justice, forms the basis of God’s activity in the world. Faith trusts that God is wise and that… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“THERE IS GOOD REASON why Christian theologians consider theodicy the unsolvable theological issue. The reason is this: It is unsolvable.” — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“Though we cannot expect to be able to think like they thought, or read their minds, or penetrate very deeply into so much that… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“If we follow the sense of the literature and its ideas of creation, we find that people in the ancient Near East did not… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
Our point, however, is not to worship the Bible; we worship the God of the Bible. — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence. — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“The Bible's message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the culture in which it originated, but the form in which… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“The Old World science found in the Bible would not be considered “wrong” or “false” as much as it would just offer a perspective… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“In response, God appears to Job and compels him to live in mystery, not giving an answer to his suffering but asserting his own… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“Art that is based on scenes from the Bible is not better than art that is based on scenes from, say, Shakespeare or Homer… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“impose our own cultural ideas on the text without thinking. The Bible’s message must not be subjected to cultural imperialism. Its message transcends the… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
Since all people are in the image of God, all deserve to be treated with the dignity the image affords. — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“We cannot have all the answers, Job; we don’t even know all the questions.” — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities need to… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“God’s wisdom, not God’s justice, forms the basis of God’s activity in the world. Faith trusts that God is wise and that therefore his… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
“THE RETRIBUTION PRINCIPLE (RP) is the conviction that the righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer, both in proportion to their respective righteousness… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
