A faith that can only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ, for it only follows Jesus in the belief that Jesus has conquered death. Yet a faith that can look at the horror of the cross and still say ‘yes’ is one that says ‘no’ to the self in saying ‘yes’ to Christ.
Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has r… - Peter Rollins
Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has r…
- Peter Rollins
Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong - Peter Rollins
Whatever you believe, be open to being wrong
There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished … - Peter Rollins
There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished …
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice - Peter Rollins
I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice
To believe is human to doubt is divine. - Peter Rollins
To believe is human to doubt is divine.
What if one of the core elements of a radical Christianity lay in a demand that we betray it, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the fo… - Peter Rollins
What if one of the core elements of a radical Christianity lay in a demand that we betray it, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the fo…
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into … - Peter Rollins
Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into …
The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred. - Peter Rollins
The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.
The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold th… - Peter Rollins
The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold th…
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