Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross Quotes

“Yahweh set his heart on you and chose you . . . because he loved you and meant to keep the oath which he swore to your ancestors” (Deut. 7:7–8). The tautology could hardly be more blatant: God bases his love on his love. Indeed, this statement in Deuteronomy is an acknowledgment that election cannot ultimately be explained. It is not the logic of rationality but the logic of love that is at work in divine election.”
― Hans Boersma, Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition