“Another way of thinking of this, a way suggested to us in the Scriptures, though not as common, is to think of God the Speaker, God the Spoken, and God the Interpretation” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 19).
Our Older Brother Always
“The life of Jesus on earth was not an instance of God temporarily slumming on earth. No, when Christ took on human nature, He did so permanently. And the resurrection was the seal on that permanence” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 18).
To, From and In
“If a homely illustration may be permitted, the Father is where we need to go, the Son is the way we take to get there, and the Holy Spirit is what enables us to travel. The Father is the city we are driving to, the Son is the road, and the Spirit is the car. …
Because That’s How God Works
“Our rulers murdered Him because we didn’t want to be shown the way back to God, and yet through that murder, we were shown the way back to God” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 14).
Rebellion, Not Size
“Our problem is not that we are finite, but rather that we are rebellious. If finitude were the problem, then clearly the problem is someone else’s fault. We clearly had nothing to do with the fact that we are teeny little bits of matter on the face of the cosmos. We can’t help being small …
Where the Initiative Must Lie
“If there is an infinite chasm between us and God, and if the chasm is to be crossed, it will have to be crossed from His side to ours . . . If the chasm is to be crossed, then God must cross it. He must reveal Himself” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 10).
When Salvation Opens Out
“Humility is a low door into a high Heaven. Narrow is the pass, broad is the mountain meadow” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 7).
Narrow, Not Pinched
“The truth is narrow, but the truth is never sectarian, or to be thought of as the cheat codes for a mystery religion . . . The way is narrow, Jesus taught, but that narrow pass opens out into a glorious mountain valley, lush and green, and teeming with game. We do not embrace that …
To Be Imitated
“Some things are shallow because they are broad, like rain water on the parking lot. Other things are deep because they are narrow, like the sliver of a crevasse that you can jump across at the top. But some things are deep because they are broad, like the roots of the Rocky Mountains” (Mere Fundamentalism, …
And Og, King of Bashan . . .
“Everything in Scripture is equally true, but not everything is equally important. The fact that Jesus rose from the dead is more important than the fact that He went to Capernaum—although both are equally true” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 3).