Barb Terpstra

“I have remembered this episode for a long time because it so clearly illustrates the confusion we are in. We think of sin as a series of misdeeds, but in Biblical theology it is a condition.”
― Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“To God obscenity is not uncovered flesh. It is exposed intention. Nakedness is just a state of heart.”
― Calvin Miller, The Singer Trilogy

“The kitchen has become a place for nurturing souls as well as coaxing good meals into being. Cooking also serves as a living metaphor, for beauty and delight does not appear in a vacuum of a perfectly ordered and clean life, or kitchen. It takes a lot of messes, small and large, to create a life — and a feast — worth its weight in goodness.”
― Rachel Randolph, We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook: A Mom and Daughter Dish about the Food That Delights Them and the Love That Binds Them

“The difference between
religion and the gospel is that God has said no to everybody, so that no one can boast before God.”
― Rutledge, Help My Unbelief