Exploring the Old Testament Quotes

“In God’s world, we do not have a right to absolute security, or to ever-increasing prosperity without reference to others’ poverty.”
― J. Gordon McConville, Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets

“poetry has a capacity both to speak about things that are very familiar, and to lead the imagination on to new ways of thinking and understanding. Poems do not give cut and dried meanings, but are often open to several interpretations. It is in this openness that the reader or hearer is invited to think about God.”
― J. Gordon McConville, Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets