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# Roger E. Olson

(1952)   Theologian

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Roger E. Olson is a theologian, best known for *How to Be Evangelical Without Being Conservative*.

## Quick Facts About Roger E. Olson

Born February 2, 1952

Profession Theologian

Notable works How to Be Evangelical Without Being Conservative

## About Roger E. Olson

Roger Eugene Olson is an American theologian and Professor of Christian Theology of Ethics at Baylor University.

##  Quotes by 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/)

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

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

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[Humanism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/)

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> [Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/knowledge-has-come-to-be-defined-as-what-can-be-proven-by-secular/)

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> [Only God has no limits (except those he voluntarily imposes on himself). The mantra "no limits" is actually a call to idolatry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/only-god-has-no-limits-except-those-he-voluntarily-imposes-on-himself/)

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> [“Wesley noted that “to say, ‘This man is an Arminian,’ has the same effect on many hearers, as to say ‘This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/wesley-noted-that-to-say-this-man-is-an-arminian-has-the-same-effect/)

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> [We're created in God's image, but our souls or spirits are not offshoots of God's own Spirit - as New Age teachers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/we-re-created-in-god-s-image-but-our-souls-or-spirits-are-not/)

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> [As the perfect parent, God suffers emotional pain when his creatures, created in his own image and likeness, rebel against him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/as-the-perfect-parent-god-suffers-emotional-pain-when-his-creatures/)

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> [Too many American (and other) Christians revel in feelings and/or morality and don't care to develop a biblically-shaped Zeitgeist or worldview. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/too-many-american-and-other-christians-revel-in-feelings-and-or/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/human-beings-are-special-of-higher-dignity-and-worth-than-other/)

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> [“Arminianism teaches that all humans are born morally and spiritual depraved, and helpless to do anything good or worthy in God’s sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/arminianism-teaches-that-all-humans-are-born-morally-and-spiritual/)

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[Arminianism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arminianism/)

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

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

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> [“I once informed a leading evangelical theologian that his newly published systematic theology is thoroughly Arminian even though he never uses the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/i-once-informed-a-leading-evangelical-theologian-that-his-newly/)

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> [If the biblical writers were writing today they might spell out some things more clearly, given how easily even Christians fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/if-the-biblical-writers-were-writing-today-they-might-spell-out-some/)

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> [Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/before-you-disagree-make-sure-you-understand-in-other-words-we-must/)

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> [For Christians ultimate reality is and can only be a personal, sovereign, holy, and loving God. But even some Christians, under extra-biblical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/for-christians-ultimate-reality-is-and-can-only-be-a-personal/)

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

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> [The Heidelberg Catechism rightly says, for all Christians who allow the Bible to absorb the world for them - who see reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-heidelberg-catechism-rightly-says-for-all-christians-who-allow/)

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

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

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> [GraceQuest is a gripping story of one man's (and his family's) struggle with tremendous weakness and pain, but it is also a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/gracequest-is-a-gripping-story-of-one-man-s-and-his-family-s-struggle/)

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

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

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

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

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> [The biblical writers assumed many things about reality that modern, Western people do not assume because we've been conditioned by our cultures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-biblical-writers-assumed-many-things-about-reality-that-modern/)

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> [The idea of having no limits, either through education or money or possessions or power, is radically alien to everything the Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-idea-of-having-no-limits-either-through-education-or-money-or/)

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> [Scripture is our norming norm and tradition is our normed norm and that in a doctrinal controversy Scripture alone has absolute veto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/scripture-is-our-norming-norm-and-tradition-is-our-normed-norm-and/)

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> [“It is not uncommon to hear Arminians describe themselves as “moderately Reformed” in order to ingratiate themselves to the movers and shakers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/it-is-not-uncommon-to-hear-arminians-describe-themselves-as/)

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> [“The acids of modernity brought about by modern philosophy were just as corrosive for traditional religion as were the ones created by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-acids-of-modernity-brought-about-by-modern-philosophy-were-just/)

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> [To some of us, raised and trained in allowing the Bible to absorb the world (that is, to "see" all of reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/to-some-of-us-raised-and-trained-in-allowing-the-bible-to-absorb-the/)

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> [The biblical writers didn't need to say everything; they could assume some things. They didn't anticipate a day when even Jews and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/the-biblical-writers-didn-t-need-to-say-everything-they-could-assume/)

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

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> [“If God is love (1 John 4:7) but intended Christ’s atoning death to be the propitiation for only certain people so only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/if-god-is-love-1-john-4-7-but-intended-christ-s-atoning-death-to-be/)

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

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> [“If God’s love is absolutely different from the highest and best notions of love as we derive them from Scripture itself (especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-e-olson/if-god-s-love-is-absolutely-different-from-the-highest-and-best-2/)

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