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I would suggest that the position with the most theological coherence and historical validity would be best encapsulated this way: God is, and always has been, at work in every culture planting the seeds of Christ even though it may not be communicated in the exact grammar of the traditional Christian lexicon. With Christ as the hermeneutic key, th
... See morePaul Anleitner • Finding Christ Outside of Christianity?
You might think of Augustine as offering a hitchhiker’s guide to the cosmos for wandering hearts.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
God had promised to come back. He had promised one final great Passover. One day, when he returned, his people would be free forever. And John, more clearly than the others, insists from the start that this promise has been made good in Jesus.
N. T. Wright • How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
Andy Stanley, Johnny Carson, Howard Hendricks, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham,
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
The Swedish Lutheran theologian, Gustav Aulén, published a seminal work on the types of atonement theory in 1930 (Christus Victor). Though time and critical studies have suggested many subtler treatments of the question, no one has really improved on his insight. Especially valuable was his description of the “Classic View” of the atonement. This i
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They investigate the past and relate the struggles of the apostles and the Fathers to our present struggles. Thus they become defenders of the faith, showing its reasonableness, its “fittingness” for the oppressed community now.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
St. Augustine (AD 354–430) in affirming every human being as a trinity of existence (being), intellect, and will.
Vishal Mangalwadi • The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
So our coming of age leads us to a true recognition of our situation before God. God would have us know that we must live as men who manage our lives without Him. The God who is with us is the God who forsakes us