Pastor Tim Olson

“True Easter faith is the work of the Spirit, for believing in Christ's resurrection doesn't mean affirming a historical fact, and saying `Oh really?' It means being seized by the life-giving Spirit and experiencing `the powers of the world to come' (Heb. 6.5) in our own living and dying.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Source of Life: The Holy Spirit And The Theology Of Life

“In the world God wills work, marriage, government, and church, and God wills all these, each in its own way, through Christ, toward Christ, and in Christ. God has placed human beings under all these mandates, not only each individual under one or the other, but all people under all four. There can be no retreat, therefore, from a “worldly” into a “spiritual” “realm.” The practice of the Christian life can be learned only under these four mandates of God.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics

“Mission doesn't mean `compelling them to come in'! It is the invitation to God's future and to hope for the new creation of all things: `Behold, I am making all things new' - and you are invited to this divine future for the world! In God's Spirit you can already anticipate now this becoming-new which God will complete on his day. Once a passion for God's future
replaces a passion for the spread of the church we shall stop exporting our ugly European and American church divisions, and extending religious denominationalism instead of hope for the kingdom of God.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Source of Life: The Holy Spirit And The Theology Of Life

“Anyone who believes in the power of God and the power of Satan can surely not be viewed as a pure monotheist.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Sun of Righteousness, Arise!: God's Future for Humanity and the Earth