Quotes by : Thomas C. Oden

Every experienced pastor knows that what the penitent heart says about itself is much more consequential....

Does biblical psychology, then, merely ask us to value good things a little less? Does the Bible seek....

While the memory of guilt is far from pleasant (like 'wormwood and gall'), it has the curative intent....

Theology is the study of God. The study of God is simply to be enjoyed for its own incomparable subject,....

Faith itself is an act of human willing enabled and disciplined by grace.

There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical....

A delicate balance is required: keep the penitent tautly close to the point of recognizing sin, and then....

It is a fanatical notion that we interfere with the Holy Spirit if we make any preparation for prayer.....

If God absolutely and pretemporally decrees that particular persons shall be saved and others damned,....

The moment of confession is not merely when one hears another pronounce the words: God forgives you,....