F. LeRon Shults > Quotes

“I fear that which I cannot control, and this existential anxiety is most intense when I reflect on my ambiguous relation to the mysterious presence of God, which I am unable to manipulate, and on my futile attempts to secure a place for my "self" in the world. Theological anthropology articulates the gospel of grace manifested in the history of Jesus Christ, by whose Spirit I am set free from the binding pain of my attempts to control my own destiny and in whose Spirit I rest peacefully in the dynamic presence of divine love. But it is not simply about me and God.”
― F. LeRon Shults, Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality

“Not all change qualifies as transformation.”
― F. LeRon Shults, Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology and Psychology

“Today in our late modern culture we find a growing dissatisfaction with the denigration of human embodiment and sociality that characterized so much ancient and early modern anthropology. These concerns have arisen in connection with what I call the philosophical "turn to relationality.”
― F. LeRon Shults, Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality

“Fused relationships are extremely difficult to transform until (at least) one member is willing to differentiate.”
― F. LeRon Shults, Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology and Psychology