Christianity Quote by Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

“For Christians, then, Christ’s justification, given with his resurrection, becomes theirs. When they are united to the resurrected and justified Christ by faith, his…

— Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

“Justification is the new creation of the new man, and sanctification his preservation until the day of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The resurrection power of Jesus secured for us a newness of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“We want all the benefits of the resurrection without acknowledging our dependence on God as mortal creatures.”

— Matthew Lee Anderson

“Christ’s resurrection is the forerunner of our own, and our resurrection is the forerunner of the earth’s.”

— Randy Alcorn

Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now.

— Paul F. M. Zahl

“If you believe in resurrection, you believe that the living God will put his world to rights and that if God wants to do…

— N.T. Wright

“You cannot partake of the power of Christ’s resurrection unless you are first willing to lay down your own will and desires, and die…

— T.D. Jakes

“The Resurrection is most clearly needed and most clearly revealed in those communities that are constantly seeking to correct and transform the world through…

— Megan McKenna

“Nevertheless, it is the free grace of the resurrected One that now also goes after the individual, overcomes the doubter, and creates in him…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The justification of my life before God is to live because of and toward the living, dying, and rising of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“resurrection doesn’t mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus’s lordship over the world. Already”

— N.T. Wright