Quotes about Redemption

Romans 6—8. These three chapters, in fact, are the full exposition of what Paul meant in Romans 3:24 when he described the unveiling of God's saving purpose as "the redemption which is found in the Messiah, Jesus.

Both these elements, sin and death, need to be dealt with on the cross.

Redemption," as we saw, is an Exodus term.

What Jesus did and said was designed to give a decisive answer, in deeds as well as words, to the question, What would it look like if God was running things?

This is why too for every theologian who puzzles over abstract definitions of "atonement," there are thousands who will say, with Paul, "The son of God loved me and gave himself for me"—and who will then get on with the job of radiating that same love out into the world.

I received mercy, because in my unbelief I didn't know what I was doing.

Resurrection and forgiveness are not strange things that might perhaps happen in the old creation.

the death of Jesus, reconciling people to God, generates the renewal of their human vocation.

Forgiveness isn't weakness. It was and is a great strength.

In Christian theology it is God who deals with evil, and he does this on the cross.

The minute you think you're good enough for God, God says, 'I'm not interested in people who are good enough for me.' And the minute you think you're too bad for God, God says, 'It's you I've come for.

And all this "works" because Jesus is Israel's Messiah, representing his people, so that what is true of him is true of them.