In fact, when other theologians were retreating from the historical claims of Christianity because of the challenges of enlightenment thinking, Pannenberg—like Paul of Tarsus, Luke the Evangelist, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, and
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“By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.”
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“When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.”
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“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.”
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.”
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
― Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
“Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one from recognizing this. For the truth is that religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human constant.”
― Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies
― Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies
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