Finding God Quotes

“...it is easier to speak of what God is not, rather than what God is.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“Do we simply accept that the God of the Bible is irredeemable, a monster who, real or not, deserves nothing but scorn?”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“The violence ascribed to God, or commanded by God in the Bible, is, for many people, an ethical conundrum. Indeed, for some it reveals why Christianity is morally indefensible.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“Daddy, why did God kill all those children?”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“Christ came to help shift our distorted perceptions of God.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“The gospel revelation is that God becomes the victim of the crowd, exposing the violence of the crowd, and the potential for its will to become murderous. This mob’s will is opposed to the will of God, whose cruciform revealed will is one of forgiveness.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God

“Jesus heals our sin by bringing us into his presence, entering the community and “dragging” to himself all of humanity. He redeems “all things” through presence not expulsion, reconciliation not destruction, bringing peace through the offering of himself.”
― Joseph Haward, Finding God