Christianity Quote by Tom Wright
““The gospels offer us not so much a different kind of human, but a different kind of God: a God who, having made humans in his own image, will most naturally express himself in and as that image-bearing creature; a God who, having made Israel to share and bear the pain and horror of the world, will most naturally express himself in and as that pain-bearing, horror-facing creature. This is perhaps the most difficult thing for us to keep in mind, though the gospels are inviting us to do so on every page.””
About This Quote
Source Book: The New Testament and the People of God, Tom Wright, 2012
The Gospels portray God as sharing human suffering, inviting believers to identify with divine pain and compassion.
In simple terms: God experiences human suffering.
Key Takeaway
Embrace empathy by seeing God in human pain.
Themes
theology
compassion
identity
Mood
contemplative
hopeful
Type
theological
inspirational
When to use this quote
- pastoral counseling
- spiritual formation
- interfaith dialogue
Key Concepts
incarnation
suffering
divine empathy
Questions to Reflect On
- How does this perspective affect your faith?
- What practical compassion does it inspire?
A Different Perspective
Some may find this view theologically challenging.
![“It was The Gospel From Outer Space, by Kilgore Trout. It was about a visitor from outer space...[who] made a serious study of Christianity, to learn, if he could, why Christians found it so easy to be cruel. He concluded that at least part of the trouble was slipshod storytelling in the New…” quote by Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e53/kurt-vonnegut-41_bible_it-was-the-gospel-from-outer-space-by-ki_77926.jpg)
![“Burridge goes on to say, “[T]rying to decode the Gospels through the genre of modern biography, when the author encoded his message in the genre of ancient [biography], will lead to another nonsense—blaming the text for not containing modern predilections which it was never meant to contain.”286…” quote by Trent Horn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f71/trent-horn-66792_last-supper_burridge-goes-on-to-say-t-rying-to-decod_76757.jpg)
