Gordon D. Fee Quotes

#1. Truly Christian conduct is not predicated on whether I have the right to do something, but whether my conduct is helpful to those about me.

Gordon D. Fee

#2. God has made us this way, in his own image, because he himself is a personal, relational being.

Gordon D. Fee

#3. One crucial thing to keep in mind as you read any Hebrew narrative is the presence of God in the narrative. In any biblical narrative, God is the ultimate character, the supreme hero of the story.

Gordon D. Fee

#4. A text cannot mean what it could never have meant for its original readers/hearers.

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#5. The key to life in the Spirit for some is to spend much more quiet time in thanksgiving and praise for what God has done - and is doing, and promises to do - and less time on introspection, focused on your failure to match up to the law.

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#6. 1. Old Testament narratives are not allegories or stories filled with hidden meanings

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#7. Because the Bible is God's Word, it has eternal relevance; it speaks to all humankind, in every age and in every culture.

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#8. Show me a church's songs and I'll show you their theology.

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#9. Our theology and experience of the Spirit must be more interwoven if our experienced life of the Spirit is to be more effective.

Gordon D. Fee