You Are a Theologian Quotes

“We don’t like the idea of Adam as our representative. We tell ourselves we ought not to be held responsible for his mistake. But if God is indeed sovereign and good, then His choice of Adam for this role is the best choice. He was a justly chosen representative, despite the outcome. We can know that, had we been in that garden, the outcome would have been the same. Otherwise, we have indeed been dealt with unjustly in the matter of representation.”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

“For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. (Rom. 8:20–22)”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

“Theology begins and ends with prayer. The task of theology is best done on our knees, asking God, by the power of the Spirit, to awaken our hearts and minds to the person and work of Christ in the Scriptures.”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

“The message of the gospel is not salvation as escape, but salvation as restoration.”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

“As theologian Alistair Begg says, “The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

“He makes Himself known. He reveals Himself to us. We cannot know God unless He gives Himself to us in revelation. Because of the effects of sin, we are born without knowledge of God, rendering us spiritually deaf and blind. It is not through our own efforts, but only through His mercy that we can know Him. And in His great mercy, He gives”
― Jen Wilkin, You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well