Theology for Ministry Quotes

“If Jesus is 100% human, and if Jesus is without sin, then sin cannot be essential to being human. (If sin were essential to being human, then Jesus would be missing something and thus could not be fully human.) Granted, sin is always present in our lives. But sin is not who we are. In fact, sin is a departure from who we are. It is a rejection or a refusal of our true nature. To sin is to live a false way of being human, it is to live a false self.”
― Edward Hahnenberg, Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers

“Thus the following chapters place our call to serve within the same pattern. We are: (1) Called . . . (2) By God . . . (3) Through Christ . . . (4) In the Spirit . . . (5) With Others . . . (6) For Others.”
― Edward Hahnenberg, Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers