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Frederick Barthelme
Frederick Barthelme

Frederick Barthelme is an American novelist born on October 10, 1943. Known for his unique narrative style and postmodernist techniques, Barthelme's works are characterized by humor and satire, exploring the absurdity of modern life. more

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“The Christian life is a thank-you from beginning to end as we ponder what God has done. What an absurdity to think that we could ever bargain with God, as if there were anything we could put on the table. Nothing we can do would ever earn his favor. Yet all is ours for free. And the cross reveals his willingness to forgive not just once, but over and over and over again. How can we repay such extravagant, generous love? We cannot and need not, and the heart's only answer is gratitude.”

“If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil has been absorbed and forgiven. If the worst thing any human can do is kill God's son, and that can be forgiven, then how can anything else not be forgiven?”