“John’s Gospel reveals that as the Word made flesh, Jesus comes alongside us and touches us with the gracious truth of his holy love (Jn 1:14; 3:16).” — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“Certainly rigorous, thoughtful answers have their place, as do meaningful attempts at contextualizing the truth in winsome, striking ways. But no matter how good the argument or how contextual, winsome, and striking the message, nothing replaces sacrificial love for others;… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“Is it really that easy? Is trusting in Jesus all that is required to enter into a relationship with God?” Indeed, it is.” — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“Jesus offers us eternal life—not as a collection of facts or rules to follow or as a commodity. He invites us to enter into interpersonal communion with his Father and himself through the Spirit for all eternity. (See Jesus’ promise of the Spirit of abundant life in John 7:37–39.) Jesus does not market eternal life. Eternal life is not some… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share
“we must engage people relationally, heart to heart and life on life. I don’t think anyone is truly won to Christ by beating them… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“John’s Gospel reveals that as the Word made flesh, Jesus comes alongside us and touches us with the gracious truth of his holy love… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full”… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“Certainly rigorous, thoughtful answers have their place, as do meaningful attempts at contextualizing the truth in winsome, striking ways. But no matter how good… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“God of the gaps” Christianity seeks to present Christianity as playing a strong savior role whereby it fills the gaps and provides the missing… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“Encounter Jesus. Suffer with him to experience his life more fully. Be holy in your love for God and his church as God is… — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
“God did not create us to be nobodies, but to be somebodies in communion with him through participation in Jesus’ glorious story.” — Paul Louis Metzger Copy Share Image
