John

“The fundamental truth of God’s nature (love) seems irreconcilably incompatible with day-to-day life in this world (affliction).”
― Bradley Jersak, A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel

“God is not only the ultimate reality that the intellect and the will seek but is also the primordial reality with which all of us are always engaged in every moment of existence and consciousness, apart from which we have no experience of anything whatsoever. Or, to borrow the language of Augustine, God is not only superior summo meo—beyond my utmost heights—but also interior intimo meo—more inward to me than my inmost depths.”
― David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

“that still would hardly reduce all other religions to mere falsehood. More to the point, no one really acquainted with the metaphysical and spiritual claims of the major theistic faiths can fail to notice that on a host of fundamental philosophical issues, and especially on the issue of how divine transcendence should be understood, the areas of accord are quite vast.”
― David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

“On the other hand, a completely good God, whose nature is pure love, produces people who imitate him by exemplifying love. That God, who willingly laid down his life for others, inspires loving followers who truly are free—free to move beyond the slavery of self-seeking into self-giving, sacrificial love. ”
― Bradley Jersak, A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel