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Once upon a time, the people were told that there could be no salvation outside the Church. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus. Then, Calvin burned Servetus, and the Lutherans burned witches, and the Inquisition burned Muslim and Jews and Giordano
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“They can still see and taste and smell, and they can still make logical deductions and inductions—again, rebellion usually robs men neither of their physical senses, nor of their intelligence. It robs them of their fundamental wisdom, which is not the same thing.”
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
“What we learn, then, is that the glory of God does not promote a “worm theology” (God is glorious, and therefore men are of no consequence whatsoever). God is the God of glory, and He is so glorious that He imparts a reflective glory upon the human beings made in His own image and likeness.”
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
“Knowledge and intelligence have to do with the ability to recognize and grasp facts. Genuine wisdom has to do with the discernment to make proper judgments and the presuppositions required to do so.”
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
“Just as freedom for a fish is freedom to live within the water and not on dry land, so freedom for the image-bearers of God is freedom to live within His orbit of glory and not within the vanity of some attempted (and impossible) independence. In the end, rebellion does not result in freedom from God (which is utterly impossible); it simply results in captivity to sin and death.”
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
― Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1
“Though James’s example in James 2 deals explicitly with the distinction made between the rich and poor, we can easily see that James’s concern can be extended to other superficial differences in the makeup of our communities, be it race, age, education, physical attractiveness or any other variation that may cause us to favor one over another, whether in formal and standardized ways or informal and subtle ones.”
― Wisdom for Dissidents: The Epistle of James Through New Eyes
― Wisdom for Dissidents: The Epistle of James Through New Eyes
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