All Miroslav Volf Quotes
- If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is… Been
- Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One… Act
- Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners. Community
- Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense Forgiveness
- The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well.… Condemn
- There are no unforgivable sins. Sins
- For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not… Christians
- Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in the… Battlefields
- Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the… Accuse
- For any victim, particularly us Americans, it is difficult to see ourselves through the eyes of our offender. But for any victim it is the… American
- Christianity and Islam are today the most numerous and fastest growing religions globally. Together they encompass more than half of humanity. Consequence: both are here… Both
- I think evangelicals would do better if they concentrated less on bolstering the formal authority of the Scripture - which I certainly would want to… According
- To affirm that God is God is to want to live in a particular way. Affirm