Sacred Word, Broken Word Quotes

“Serious theology must challenge the status quo when the community is wrong about important things.”
― Kenton L. Sparks, Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture

“intellectual and spiritual health requires that we respect the limits of human knowledge and rationality. We must learn how to embrace mystery.”
― Kenton L. Sparks, Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture

“the success of biblical interpretation depends a great deal on whether we want to listen to God or merely tell him what he ought to say. For it is only by listening to God - to what he says in all of Scripture, and through all avenues by which he might speak, such as the voices of the Spirit and of creation -that we can finally arrive at the best understanding of how the Spirit is directing us to love God and our neighbor.”
― Kenton L. Sparks, Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture