Spencer

“We need to lose the mental image of our pre-Christian state as a drowning person helplessly flailing about in the water, hoping upon hope that someone might throw us a life preserver. Outside of Christ we are, in fact, spiritual corpses rotting on the ocean floor among the silt and sludge.”
― Gloria Furman, Alive in Him: How Being Embraced by the Love of Christ Changes Everything

“The crucifixion should have been the final proof that Jesus wasn’t God; the proof that he could not oppose the power of Rome, the proof that he was not the great “I AM.” And if Jesus had stayed dead, that proof would have been undeniable.” -Rebecca McLaughlin”
― Rebecca McLaughlin

“Are we called to be like Noah? Yes. Are we called to be like the Good Samaritan? Yes. But not simply because they are positive examples to inspire us to righteousness. These stories point us to Christ.”
― Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

“If I am fully known and not rejected by God, how much more ought I to extend grace to my neighbor, whom I know only in part?”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us