Jordon Leblanc

“Yes, fear is the natural reaction. But here, as so often, Jesus says, ‘Don’t be afraid.’ It’s all right. Yes, you are suffering, and your people are suffering (verse 9). Yes, the times are strange and hard, with harsh and severe rulers running the world and imposing their will on city after city. But the seven churches – seven is the number of perfection, and the churches listed in verse 11 thus stand for all churches in the world, all places and all times – need to know that Jesus himself is standing in their midst, and that the ‘angels’ who represent and look after each of them are held in his right hand.”
― Tom Wright, Revelation for Everyone

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
― Stephen Colbert

“This is God’s holiness and justice revealed in Jesus Christ: that God justifies, accepts, and loves sinners despite their unworthiness.”
― Daniel L. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology

“Reading the Bible responsibly and respectfully today means learning what it meant for ancient Israelites to talk about God the way they did, and not pushing alien expectations onto texts written long ago and far away.”
― Peter Enns, The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It