William McDavid Quotes

#1. The gospel is not mere forgiveness or grace, empty of content, but always refers to Jesus. So the gospel is good news about a human person who is God in our history, our world and who came to accomplish something in his life death and resurrection.

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#2. for every 'If you do,' there's an 'If you don't,' a threat of punishment for every promise of reward.

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#3. Nothing shows our lack of freedom better than our addiction to control.

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#4. In commanding love law can only point helplessly to that which it cannot produce.

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#5. Not how it is meant. Law is defined by its effect rather than its intention, and its chief affect his accusation, the intimation of less-than.

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#6. Nadia Bolz-Weber, a Lutheran pastor, was once fuming to her husband against the wrong kind of Christians, and he told her that "every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it."39

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#7. While we may operate every day under the illusions of control, even our best efforts at maintaining it ultimately fall short.

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#8. Whether or not an utterance can be called law depends on how it is heard, not how it is meant.

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#9. where the Law is a closed fist, the Gospel is an open hand.

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