Dave Sherrill

“The blood of Christ stands not simply for the sting of sin on God, but the scourge of God on sin, not simply for God’s sorrow over sin but for God’s wrath on it.”
― David S. Dockery, What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian?

“God’s gracious, loving call is, in fact, a threat to our autonomy, our deep and pervasive strategies to keep hold of our lives rather than losing them for the sake of Jesus Christ.”
― J. Todd Billings, Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church

“For Paul, the adoption metaphor is deeply trinitarian, for it is initiated by the Father, mediated by the Spirit, and grounded in the person and work of Jesus Christ.”
― J. Todd Billings, Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church

“The great thinkers of the early church wrote numerous commentaries on the creation story in Genesis 1–3, more so than any other part of the Bible, because they understood that it contradicted the fundamental beliefs of their inherited pagan culture and challenged them to replace it with something that was true to reality.”
― David S. Dockery, What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian?