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Victory in the Desert

April 23, 2011

“The first Adam was tested in the God-blessed garden and fell. The second Adam was tested in the God-cursed desert, and won.” - Russell Moore, Tempted and Tried

“Every last material creature on this globe will come to an end. If God has the authority to invent sperm, to invent eggs, to invent DNA; if He has the authority to choose me out of a near infinite number of possible human combinations and call me into existence out of nothing; if He has… [Read more…]

The Word “Persons” in the Trinity – More by Will Willimon

August 4, 2009

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“John Wesley didn’t like using the word ‘persons’ of the Trinity. One reason that’s not [helpful], it’s historic and all, but it’s very difficult for us to think of persons without thinking of individuals. When I say ‘person’ we’re thinking about a detached individual. You’re not really a person in our culture if you’re completely… [Read more…]

Where Was God?: More by Will Willimon

August 3, 2009

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“‘Where was God when my son died?’ the man asked the preacher. ‘Well probably where God was when His Son lost His life.’” “When I experience my losses and my tragedies I gotta put those in the context of a God who is willing to embrace loss and tragedy and death in order to get… [Read more…]

Made Out Of Dirt: More by Will Willimon

August 2, 2009

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“I’ve been led to believe that it is a horrible injustice that I’ve been made out of dirt and that I am returning to dirt…quickly. That seems so unfair to me, and yet, our story says that not’s unjust, God didn’t make you to be an angel, God made you to be this.”

A God Determined to Have a Family: More Quotes by Will Willimon

August 1, 2009

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“This is a God that is determined to have a family and a people. Now I quibble with His choices of people but Jesus had problems with that from day one, the kind of people that He loved to hang out with.” “Isn’t it interesting that the poor, the dispossessed, the disenfranchised the Holy Spirit… [Read more…]

God Came In The Flesh: More quotes by Will Willimon

July 31, 2009

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In these quotes, Willimon addresses theologizing about God and he attacks abstract theology rather heavily. While I don’t agree with him that the attributes of God are merely abstractions not found in Scripture, I think he is right to point us back to Jesus. What does it mean to serve a crucified but risen Lord? … [Read more…]

In Jesus We Trust: More Quotes by Will Willimon

July 30, 2009

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“You can usually detect the ethical substance of a theology by how much it talks about God and how little it talks about Jesus.’ (quoting John Howard Yoder). We have billboards all over our cities saying, ‘In God We Trust.’ Which I think is odd given that we are paying a billion dollars every two… [Read more…]

Religion of the Hands: Quotes by Will Willimon

July 29, 2009

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I want to post a number of quotes by Will Willimon, the bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is something of a weird duck, a sort-of conservative moderate in a liberal denomination, and he is quite pithy and eloquent in an earthy sort of way. Obviously, I don’t agree… [Read more…]