“A wrong view of ourselves can be crippling, creating anxiety and sadness, lowering our confidence, paralyzing us from extending ourselves. We might seek solace in self-destructive activities or isolate ourselves overmuch.” - P&D
“This doctrine is under reevaluation by a group of pastors and scholars concerned about the resurgence of Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention and broader evangelical community….
“This text teaches the sufficiency of the scripture to answer our spiritual problems. And let’s make sure that we understand that our emotional problems are also spiritual issues.” - P&D
“This book is a helpful and readable resource for those who want to understand why complementarianism is important both theologically and practically” - Nadya Williams
“A lot of people are thinking about AI, but I wanted to help people to think biblically about AI, to marshal the resources of the Christian faith and the Christian Bible to help us to think about this.” - TGC
“…this episode isn’t a simple rejection of AI but a careful exercise in discernment: learning where these tools may genuinely help, and where they risk hollowing out the human work God has given us to do.” - TGC
“Swinton, chair in divinity and religious studies at King’s College, University of Aberdeen, doesn’t merely critique therapeutic culture. He gives pastors something better—the biblical category of shalom. He offers a vision of mental health that exposes the poverty of our culture’s therapeutic assumptions and gives the church genuinely different categories for human flourishing.” - TGC
“If life exists beyond Earth, the director said, then we must consider, ‘Is God our God only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there’s civilization, intelligent life, and even developing life?’” - C.Leaders
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“If Protestant responses skewed somewhat critical, Leo may have found a more receptive audience in theologians representing other traditions, who praised his emphasis on human dignity.” - CToday
“I have to confess, I would love to see photos of ‘reptilian creatures’ with extraterrestrial technology that allows them to fly faster than the speed of light so as to overcome the vast galactic distances in order to pay us visits. I don’t see how it would challenge my faith.” - Gene Veith
