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Whom Shall I Fear?: Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence QUOTES

Whom Shall I Fear?: Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence QUOTES

1 " Jesus' death on the Cross demonstrated something about the nature of God: that God is inclined to self-giving vengeance, mercy over punishment, restraint over rage, and love over all. The Cross does not, it is important to say, make victimhood glorious but convicts the world of unjust and violent victimization. In dying, Jesus did not succumb to death but undermined the forces that wield it, demonstrating by his resurrection that life is more powerful after all. "

― , Whom Shall I Fear?: Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence

2 " The overarching question for churches responding to an era of violence in America is how to overwhelm evil with good and resist evil without making peace with its methods or glorifying innocent suffering. How do we repay abuse with a blessing and continue our work that was called into being by the redemption wrought by Christ's overwhelming, nonviolent, selfless, and life-giving love? "

― , Whom Shall I Fear?: Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence