Gordon Fee quotes

“Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world.”
-- Gordon Fee

Source : Gordon D. Fee (1994). “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God”, p.81, Baker Academic

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“God is not just saving individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather, He is creating a people among whom He can live and who in their life together will reproduce God’s life and character.”
-- Gordon Fee

Source : Gordon D. Fee (1994). “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God”, p.58, Baker Academic

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“It is far easier to be a Christian in isolation than it is to live out one’s faith in the context of all those other imperfect people who make up God’s church.”
-- Gordon Fee

Source : Gordon D. Fee (1994). “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God”, p.81, Baker Academic

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“The psalms, like no other literature, lift us to a position where we can commune with God, capturing a sense of the greatness of his kingdom and a sense of what living with him for eternity will be like.”
-- Gordon Fee

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“Among the Jews, especially in the Old Testament, teachings served not for the communication of religious truth, but rather to bring the one taught into direct confrontation with the Divine Will.”
-- Gordon Fee

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“[P]salms are basically prayers and hymns, by their very nature they are addressed to God or express truth about God in song.”
-- Gordon Fee

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“I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.”

“…for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.”

“Matt Hock was the first person who showed me how much fun and how cool it can be to be a Christian,”

“With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.”

“We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.”

“It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.”

Source : Abraham Kuyper (2007). “The Work of the Holy Spirit”, p.186, Cosimo, Inc.

“Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.”

“The crypto currency community hasn't decided whether they want to be anarchist rebels or to replace the establishment.”

“On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.”

“The state is a means to an end. Its end lies in the preservation and advancement of a community of physically and psychically homogenous creatures.”