“I don't think we need to agree with anyone in order to love the person. The command for Christians to love the other person, to be benevolent and beneficent toward them, is independent of what the other believes.” ThinkingNeedsBelievePersonsChristianOrderIndependentAgreeCommandBenevolent Author:Miroslav Volf
“Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works.” NeedsGivingCleanNakedOccasionsGood WorkElegantRobesRespectability Book:Free of Charge Source: Free of Charge
“For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home moms or dads and scientists needs to be inserted into Gods story with the world. That story needs to provide the most basic rules by which the game in all these spheres is played.” WorldNeedsStoriesHomeChristianArtistGamesMomDadDoctorsScientistExecutivesSpheresIdleGarbageCollectorsChristian FaithStay At HomeStay At Home Mom Author:Miroslav Volf
“To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. After the first victory, evil would die if the second victory did not infuse it with new life.” IfsNeedsFirstsTwoHappensDiesEvilReturnVictoryDeedsTriumphNew LifeTheologianPerpetratorsProtestantismInfusion Book:The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World Source: The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World
