Jesus Christ for Today's World Quotes

“Believing in the resurrection does not just mean assenting to a dogma and noting a historical fact. It means participating in this creative act of God’s … Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing us with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesn’t point to another world. It is focused on the redemption of this one.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ for Today's World

“I believe that for us men and women truth is to be found in dialogue. It is only in dialogue with one another that we can discover truth, because it is only in relationship to other people that we form our own identity. We always need the eyes of others if we are to understand ourselves and if we are to overcome our narcissism. When we encounter other people and hear them say 'I see you', 'I hear you' or 'I know you', we begin to see ourselves and understand ourselves. If it weren't for this experience of other people and their outside view of us, we should remain trapped in the prison of our own prejudgments and illusions about ourselves. No one loses his or her authentic identity in dialogue with other people. But in dialogue with other people everyone acquires a new profile.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ for Today's World

“God does not suffer out of deficiency of being, like created beings. But he does suffer from his love, which is the overflowing superabundance of his being. And in this sense he can suffer.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ Today's World

“Life without passion is a poor thing.”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ Today's World

“Las parábolas tomadas de la naturaleza hacen que el reino de Dios apele a todos los sentidos. Huelo una rosa y huelo el reino de Dios. Gusto del pan y del vino y gusto del reino de Dios. Camino por un colorido campo en flor y palpo el reino en el que todo puede crecer y desarrollarse, el reino en el que hay suficiente para todos".”
― Jürgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ for Today's World