Heretic! Quotes

“The sacrifice of Jesus is not to be thought of as something that changes God and his mind, it is something that God does through Jesus that changes us and our ways of thinking.”
― Matthew J. DiStefano, Heretic!: An LGBTQ-Affirming, Divine Violence-Denying, Christian Universalist's Responses to Some of Evangelical Christianity's Most Pressing Concerns

“As Jarrod Saul McKenna reminds us, “A text without a context is a con.”
― Matthew J. DiStefano, Heretic!: An LGBTQ-Affirming, Divine Violence-Denying, Christian Universalist's Responses to Some of Evangelical Christianity's Most Pressing Concerns

“The wrath of God is a gracious wrath, driven by God’s passionate love for humanity. The wrath of Man is a vengeful wrath, driven by our desire for sacrifice.”
― Matthew J. DiStefano, Heretic!: An LGBTQ-Affirming, Divine Violence-Denying, Christian Universalist's Responses to Some of Evangelical Christianity's Most Pressing Concerns

“The wrath of God must be thought of within the context that God’s very nature is love, and not the other way around.”
― Matthew J. DiStefano, Heretic!: An LGBTQ-Affirming, Divine Violence-Denying, Christian Universalist's Responses to Some of Evangelical Christianity's Most Pressing Concerns