Ivy Winslow

“Genesis 1 likewise finds its conclusion in Yahweh’s taking up his rest. As developed earlier, “rest” does not imply relaxation, but more like achieving equilibrium and stability. He is making a place of rest for himself, a rest provided for by the completed cosmos. Inhabiting his resting place is the equivalent to being enthroned—it is connected to taking up his role as sovereign ruler of the cosmos.”
― Brian Godawa, Resistant: Revolt of the Jews

“Severus kept going, “They are sexual perverts who damn and denounce homosexuality and boy loves.”111 “Heartless,” said Tigellinus. Same-sex love was so embedded within Roman culture, Tigellinus could not believe there were such uncultured barbarians of hate within the empire. Homosexuality was forbidden in the legions because adult liaisons weakened the warrior culture by creating self-destructive competition within the ranks. Instead, they used boy loves to satisfy their lust for the feminine and need for domination. Even Tigellinus enjoyed a good slave boy every once in a while as a diversion.112”
― Brian Godawa, Tyrant: Rise of the Beast

“Biblical imagination does not engage in syncretism (blending opposing views), but in subversion (infiltrating and overthrowing an opposing view). The commonalities show”
― Brian Godawa, When Giants Were Upon the Earth: The Watchers, the Nephilim, and the Biblical Cosmic War of the Seed

“Do not be so sure that revenge is a meal that will satisfy your hunger. It is more like a disease that eats away your soul. As the years go on, bitterness turns you into the very thing you detest. You begin a blessed man. But when Elohim takes away that blessing, you begin to believe you deserved it in the first place. You blame him and eventually you end up an old bellyaching ingrate without the ability to appreciate the good in anything. And you realize that you are the reason for your misery. You have become your own enemy.”
― Brian Godawa, Noah Primeval