Portanto, o objeto da expiação é o pecado. O objeto da propiciação é Deus. Ele se torna favorável.

Fomos criados à imagem de Deus e colocados sob a responsabilidade de cuidar da criação. Quando fazemos isso, refletimos algo de Deus.

No princípio... Deus". Ele existe. Ele não é o objeto que nós avaliamos. Ele é o criador que nos fez, e isso muda toda a dinâmica".

No princípio... Deus". Ele existe. Ele não é o objeto que nós avaliamos. Ele é o Criador que nos fez, e isso muda toda a dinâmica.

To appeal…to some ill-defined and sentimental notion of love as the ground for contravening Scripture may be a lot of things, but it is not Christian love (p. 174).

The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity.

Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so.

Forbearance and genuine tenderheartedness are much tougher than niceness, and sometimes…tough love is confrontational (p. 54).

Where there is flagrant disavowal of the truths essential to the gospel, where there is persistent and high-handed disobedience to the commands of Jesus, or where there is chronic, selfish lovelessness, there, John insists, we find no authentic Christianity (p. 170).

A little self-doubt will do no harm and may do a great deal of good: we will be more open to learn and correct our mistakes. But too much will shackle and stifle us with deep insecurities and make us so much aware of methods that we may overlook truth itself.