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“The gospel is not a summary of “the necessary truths of reason”; rather, it is a revelation that shatters and reshapes human reason in light of God’s foolishness. The Word is known in contingent human form, and only there. That is the scandal of the gospel.”
― Richard B. Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics

“God has chosen to save the world through the cross, through the shameful and
powerless death of the crucified Messiah. If that shocking event is the
revelation of the deepest truth about the character of God, then our whole way
of seeing the world is turned upside down… all values are transformed… God
refuses to play games of power and prestige on human terms.”
― Richard Hays

“What I believe about God is the most important thing about me.”
― A. W. Tozer

“Acts 6 reflects the challenges to maintaining a community of equals that confront any multicultural, multiethnic, and multilinguistic community.”
― Amos Yong, Who is the Holy Spirit? A Walk with the Apostles

“Paul does not abandon the collective framework, but rather redefines it around Jesus. Paul thus, like other Jewish writers of his day, understands “election” to be about God’s people as a people.”
― A Chadwick Thornhill, The Chosen People: Election, Paul and Second Temple Judaism

“Show me a church's songs and I'll show you their theology.”
― Gordon D. Fee