"Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from……" — Miroslav Volf

"Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners."

— Miroslav Volf

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38 Quotes by Miroslav Volf

Miroslav Volf has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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More Community Quotes

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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the… — Aristotle
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans. — Alan Autry
There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do… — Ibrahim Babangida
Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also… — Joe Baca
Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10… — Ernie Banks
I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated… — Jane Addams
Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. — Xavier Becerra
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. — Henry Ward Beecher

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