Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Nadia Bolz-Weber on Wise Famous Quotes.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: I realized that I had been called to proclaim the Gospel from the place where I am and proclaim where I am from the Gospel.

I realized that I had been called to proclaim the Gospel from the place where I am and proclaim where I am from the Gospel.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Maybe the Good Friday story is about how God would rather die than be in our sin-accounting business anymore.

Maybe the Good Friday story is about how God would rather die than be in our sin-accounting business anymore.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Those most qualified to speak the gospel are those who truly know how unqualified they are to speak the gospel.

Those most qualified to speak the gospel are those who truly know how unqualified they are to speak the gospel.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: It's about how God continues to reach into the graves we dig for ourselves and pull us out, giving us new life, in ways both dramatic and small.

It's about how God continues to reach into the graves we dig for ourselves and pull us out, giving us new life, in ways both dramatic and small.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: We want to go to God for answers, but sometimes what we get is God's presence.

We want to go to God for answers, but sometimes what we get is God's presence.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Forgiveness is a big deal to Jesus, and like that guy in high school with a garage band, he talks about it, like, all the time.

Forgiveness is a big deal to Jesus, and like that guy in high school with a garage band, he talks about it, like, all the time.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Australia seems like a really faraway Canada, just with funnier animals.

Australia seems like a really faraway Canada, just with funnier animals.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: If becoming a person of faith were more like, say, receiving a personality transplant, life would be easier.

If becoming a person of faith were more like, say, receiving a personality transplant, life would be easier.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Sin is the self curved in on the self.

Sin is the self curved in on the self.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Because in the end, we aren't punished for our sins as much as we are punished by our sins.

Because in the end, we aren't punished for our sins as much as we are punished by our sins.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.

The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: On All Saints' Sunday, I am faced with sticky ambiguities around saints who were bad and sinners who were good.

On All Saints' Sunday, I am faced with sticky ambiguities around saints who were bad and sinners who were good.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Shit," I thought to myself, "I'm going to be late to New Testament class.

Shit," I thought to myself, "I'm going to be late to New Testament class.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors.

I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: the thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.

the thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Identity. It's always God's first move. Before we do anything wrong and before we do anything right, God has named and claimed us as God's own.

Identity. It's always God's first move. Before we do anything wrong and before we do anything right, God has named and claimed us as God's own.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.

God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Sometimes the fact that there is nothing about you that makes you the right person to do something is exactly what God is looking for.

Sometimes the fact that there is nothing about you that makes you the right person to do something is exactly what God is looking for.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: We weren't a ship of fools so much as a rowboat of idiots.

We weren't a ship of fools so much as a rowboat of idiots.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Every time I go look for God amidst sorrow, I always find Jesus at the cross, in death and resurrection. This is our God.

Every time I go look for God amidst sorrow, I always find Jesus at the cross, in death and resurrection. This is our God.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Church isn't perfect. It's practice.

Church isn't perfect. It's practice.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Truth. It can make me hate the person speaking it. Until the point at which I want to kiss them for setting me free.

Truth. It can make me hate the person speaking it. Until the point at which I want to kiss them for setting me free.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Sometimes the best thing we can do for each other is talk honestly about being wrong.

Sometimes the best thing we can do for each other is talk honestly about being wrong.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: But the only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool.

But the only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Jesus taught us to pray, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" not forgive us and smite those bastards who hurt us.

Jesus taught us to pray, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" not forgive us and smite those bastards who hurt us.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: I knew Catholics existed, with their saints and candles and rosaries, and all their other exotic ways of being wrong.

I knew Catholics existed, with their saints and candles and rosaries, and all their other exotic ways of being wrong.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: There's not enough wrong with it to leave and there's just enough wrong with it to stay," Matthew later told me. "Fight to change it.

There's not enough wrong with it to leave and there's just enough wrong with it to stay," Matthew later told me. "Fight to change it.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: God is always present in love and in suffering.

God is always present in love and in suffering.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: This was the bonus to liberal Christianity: I could use my reason and believe at the same time.

This was the bonus to liberal Christianity: I could use my reason and believe at the same time.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Sometimes help comes from unexpected places.

Sometimes help comes from unexpected places.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Oh hey, God told me to tell you something: Get over yourself.

Oh hey, God told me to tell you something: Get over yourself.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: On some level, although we can't handle the pain of acknowledging it, Good Friday happens every day.

On some level, although we can't handle the pain of acknowledging it, Good Friday happens every day.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: The holy things we need for healing and sustenance are almost always the same as the ordinary things right in front of us.

The holy things we need for healing and sustenance are almost always the same as the ordinary things right in front of us.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Every human community will disappoint us, regardless of how well-intentioned or inclusive.

Every human community will disappoint us, regardless of how well-intentioned or inclusive.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: The crucifixion portrayed on our show was undertaken by the son of God, a trained professional. Do not try to crucify yourself at home.

The crucifixion portrayed on our show was undertaken by the son of God, a trained professional. Do not try to crucify yourself at home.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: The fact is, we are all, at once, bearers of the gospel and receivers of it. We meet the needs of others and have our needs met. And

The fact is, we are all, at once, bearers of the gospel and receivers of it. We meet the needs of others and have our needs met. And

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Everything else is temptation.

Everything else is temptation.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: People don't talk enough about what the freedom of a Christian looks like.

People don't talk enough about what the freedom of a Christian looks like.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: Whenever people annoy me beyond reason, I can guarantee it's because they're demonstrating something I'd rather not see in myself.

Whenever people annoy me beyond reason, I can guarantee it's because they're demonstrating something I'd rather not see in myself.

Nadia Bolz-Weber quotes: And always, always, it is worth it to sing alleluia in defiance of the devil, who surely hates the sound of it.

And always, always, it is worth it to sing alleluia in defiance of the devil, who surely hates the sound of it.