Fleming Rutledge

“The cosmic battle being worked out between God and the Devil takes place in the lives of God's creatures, fallen though they…

— Fleming Rutledge

“With all due respect to the religions of the world, there is no other story like the Christian story. The god who…

— Fleming Rutledge

“America had, I believe, a divine founding. Call it American exceptionalism if you like. But that makes America all the more vulnerable…

— Fleming Rutledge

“In the final analysis, the book of job is asking this great question: Is there a living God beyond what we can…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Only those who are forgiven and who are willing to forgive will be capable of relentlessly pursuing justice without falling into the…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Because this is an urban church in a downtown neighborhood, it is not so easy to avoid the presence of the poor.…

— Fleming Rutledge

“If some of those who listen to our sermons reject the message, that is not our worry - as long as it…

— Fleming Rutledge

“When are we closest to God? When we see ourselves as we really are:”

— Fleming Rutledge

“Now it's very interesting that although we are told that modern Christians don't believe in the Last Judgment anymore, no one objects…

— Fleming Rutledge

“When I say theologically mature, I mean just this: formed by the Bible, proudly Trinitarian, grounded in justification by grace through faith,…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Paul the apostle, dictating his fierce message to the Galatians, writes, "Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage…

— Fleming Rutledge

“If you and I are resting or shirking or slacking, his Spirit is nevertheless on the move with somebody else somewhere else,…

— Fleming Rutledge

“From this time forth I make you hear new things, hidden things which you have not known. They are created now... Before…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Here is what Isaiah says: "Verily thou art a God who hidest thyself, 0 God of Israel, the Savior" (45:15). God is…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Nothing in the Bible makes any religious sense unless we are people of faith who believe that God's own self speaks to…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Here is an image. The young woman who lives in the Port Authority Bus Terminal has been a crack addict; she has…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Now if God had answered job in the way that we would expect, with soothing explanations and comforting reassurances, then the answer…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Studying the Bible and trying to make sense of it in our own lives has been called "thinking God's thoughts after him."…

— Fleming Rutledge

“Whenever we are sure that we are among the righteous, we immediately find ourselves among the arrogant.”

— Fleming Rutledge