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Peter is saying, “Because you have a Father who doesn’t play favorites, live your life during the time of your pilgrimage on earth in fear.”
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
black insurrection in Detroit in the summer of 1967. I had moved the year before to teach in Adrian, Michigan, just seventy miles from Detroit. I remember the feeling of dread and absurdity as I asked myself, What has all this to do with Jesus Christ—his birth in Bethlehem, his baptism with and life among the poor, and his death and resurrection? I
... See moreJames H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
The three great men of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation are Luther, Calvin, and Loyola.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Salvation is by faith alone. But even our faith isn’t ground for boasting. Our faith is in someone else’s righteousness: Christ’s righteousness. His righteousness is given to us as a gift, and our entire salvation rests on it from first to last. If you are trusting in Christ and in Christ alone, you stand, right now and forever, justified before Go
... See moreR.C. Sproul • The Power of the Gospel
That truth did not come from white preachers; it came from a liberating encounter with the One who is the Author of black faith and existence. As theologians, we must ask: What is the source and meaning