“We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.” WellsWholeOur LivesNeighborGod LoveNeighbor Love Book:A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good Source: A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good
“The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.” WellsDoeDifferencesJusticeForgivingFaultsSparesDoersForgiving God Author:Miroslav Volf
“The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.” WellsDoeDoneSocialBehaviorModelsPatternsStatementsSignificanceConsistentlyTestamentNew TestamentCrucifixionSocial Behavior Author:Miroslav Volf
