“allowing us to understand that spiritual formation is both located in and empowered by the Spirit of God. Dallas” (Page 510)
“In short, we need to re-think the link between individualism and selfism.” (Page 381)
“The triune God is actively engaged in increasing (and incarnating) his presence among his people, a presence that entails for his people the responsibility of worship, in the fourfold story of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation.” (Page 412)
“Fourth, among theists, the ability to withstand the age of Self and promote a kind of Christian counter-cultural individualism embedded in a profound Christian communitarianism will depend, in no small part, on what we think of God.” (Page 382)
“All that follows from the Samuel/Saul story is that if Saul had acted differently, he would have remained king. But it does not at all follow that Saul could have acted differently!” (Page 519)