Magnificent Obsession Quotes

“It is the ultimate game-changer. If the resurrection is true, then everything has changed. As Jaroslav Pelikan once said, ‘If Jesus Christ rose from the dead, nothing else matters. If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, nothing else matters.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus Is Great

“The message of the cross is not only that there is nothing you can do to oblige God to accept you, but nothing you need to do. It's all been done. But we have to have the humility to accept it, and luxuriate in it.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great

“The good news can be summarized in this way. You are far worse than you think you are, and you are more loved than you ever imagined you could be. Jesus came to show us both.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great

“Actually, the biggest danger to the Christian church does not come from the persecution without, but from heresy within.”
― David Robertson, Magnificent Obsession: Why Jesus is Great