"I am a Christian because of that moment……" — Christian Wiman

I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when… - Christian Wiman

"I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when Jesus, drinking the very dregs of human bitterness, cries out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (I know, I know: he was quoting the Psalms, and who quotes a poem when being tortured? The words aren’t the point. The point is he felt human destitution to its absolute degree; the point is that God is with us, not beyond us, in suffering.)"

— Christian Wiman

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