Garth

“The gospel of justifying faith means that while Christians are, in themselves still sinful and sinning, yet in Christ, in God’s sight, they are accepted and righteous. So we can say that we are more wicked than we ever dared believe, but more loved and accepted in Christ than we ever dared hope — at the very same time. This creates a radical new dynamic for personal growth. It means that the more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you. But on the other hand, the more aware you are of God’s grace and acceptance in Christ, the more able you are to drop your denials and self-defenses and admit the true dimensions and character of your sin.”
― Timothy Keller

“When you listen and read one thinker, you become a clone… two thinkers, you become confused… ten thinkers, you’ll begin developing your own voice… two or three hundred thinkers, you become wise and develop your voice.”
― Timothy Keller

“That love proceeds out of the trust that God gives in reestablishing the relationship between himself and his human creatures. Luther found a natural part of trusting in God to be in conversing with this God who created through his Word and proved himself to be a God of conversation and community. Thus Luther looked to patriarchs and prophets as models of hearing God’s Word, of repeating it to others, and of praying.”
― Robert Kolb, Luther and the Stories of God: Biblical Narratives as a Foundation for Christian Living

“who”
― Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers