"Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive……" — Miroslav Volf
"Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God, to receive the good things in faith, and toward our neighbor, to pass them on in love."
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38 Quotes by Miroslav Volf
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The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.
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Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we…
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We will not "forget" so as to be able to rejoice; we will rejoice and therefore let those memories (of…
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Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is…
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Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely…
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If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.
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Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a…
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There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no…
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If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us,…
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If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not…
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The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion…
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In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people…
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