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> [Before saying 'I disagree' be sure you can say 'I understand.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/before-saying-i-disagree-be-sure-you-can-say-i-understand/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

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## More by Roger E. Olson

> [Human beings are special, of higher dignity and worth than other animals, because they're created in God's own image and likeness. It's actually true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/human-beings-are-special-of-higher-dignity-and-worth-than-other/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“People who say that Calvinists teach predestination and deny free will, and that Arminians deny predestination and teach free will are simply wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/people-who-say-that-calvinists-teach-predestination-and-deny-free/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/we-including-many-christians-read-the-bible-through-eyes-conditioned/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Before saying 'I disagree' be sure you can say 'I understand.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/before-saying-i-disagree-be-sure-you-can-say-i-understand/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Only a loving and covenant-making personal God can provide humans with unique dignity, worth, and rights. Blind nature cannot do that. So, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/only-a-loving-and-covenant-making-personal-god-can-provide-humans/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“If God’s love is absolutely different from the highest and best notions of love as we derive them from Scripture itself (especially from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/if-god-s-love-is-absolutely-different-from-the-highest-and-best/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [We're creatures, so we have limits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/we-re-creatures-so-we-have-limits/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> ["Ultimate reality" is the highest, deepest, eternal, unchangeable, source and ground of everything we see, touch, and experience with our five senses. It's that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/ultimate-reality-is-the-highest-deepest-eternal-unchangeable-source/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Humanism cannot survive on a purely secular platform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/humanism-cannot-survive-on-a-purely-secular-platform/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/surely-we-can-only-come-to-understand-each-other-s-beliefs-by-means/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea and God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-bible-portrays-god-as-entering-into-covenants-with-people-which/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [“Someone has said that no theology is worth believing that cannot be preached standing in front of the gates of Auschwitz. I, for one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/someone-has-said-that-no-theology-is-worth-believing-that-cannot-be/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [There's nothing easy or simple or even entertaining (in our contemporary American sense of that word) in disciplining our minds to "see" reality through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/there-s-nothing-easy-or-simple-or-even-entertaining-in-our/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Today, under the influences of Eastern religions and philosophies imported into the West, many Christians confuse God's Spirit with our spirit and think our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/today-under-the-influences-of-eastern-religions-and-philosophies/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

> [Today we cannot assume people, even all Christians, understand the Bible's implicit, underlying view of reality. We have to dig it out and show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/today-we-cannot-assume-people-even-all-christians-understand-the/)

[Roger E. Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-e-olson/)

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