"I think evangelicals would do better if they……" — Miroslav Volf
"I think evangelicals would do better if they concentrated less on bolstering the formal authority of the Scripture - which I certainly would want to affirm - and more on displaying how biblical texts can shape lives in salutary ways, how they are fruitful texts, how they are texts one can live according to."
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38 Quotes by Miroslav Volf
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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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Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God,…
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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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The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion…
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