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“It is meaningless to speak of loving God if it does not include believing this truth and relying on Christ completely and alone for our salvation” (Dever 90)

"The least valuable thing in the world is a church that echoes what I already think" (Dever 69).

Kurtz did not have to go this hard in chapter 7 but he did, so:
“In your words, could others find the bread crumbs of the bread of life?” (Kurtz 100)
HEAT.

Chapter 6 Favorite Quote:
“Those whose kindness is rooted in rich theological soil, instead of personal preferences or personalities, can withstand a storm of unkindness and respond with kindness” (Kurtz 90).

Absolute bars from chapter 5:
“So we wrestle. We wrestle with words of Scripture; we wrestle with the doctrines of the church; we wrestle in our contemplation and reasoning. At the end of our wrestling, our hope is that we leave with wisdom deep in our soul and with a dislocated hip. These are the marks of someone who has dealt with the Lord” (Kurtz 76).

Chapter 4 Favorite Quote:
“Theology can aid our endeavors toward peace as it makes sure our peace is not merely a professed peace where there is no real peace to be found” (Kurtz 68).

Another banger from chapter 3 for good measure:

“Joy is not negotiable in the Christian life; it permeates our rhythms, our personalities, our words, our actions, and just about all we are” (Kurtz 41).

Chapter 3 Favorite Quote:
“When we compare what we deserve in our sin to what we received in Christ, it brings us into a place of eternal joy” (Kurtz 46).

Chapter 2 Favorite Quote:
“You could spend the rest of your days plumbing the depths of beauty contained in the death of Christ, and you would run out of time” (Kurtz 30).