William Henry Willimon Quotes

• Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.

  William Henry Willimon

  Faithful, Religion, Scripture

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• To speak the gospel skillfully without attempting to perform the gospel is a false proclamation of the gospel.

  William Henry Willimon

  Speak, Attempting, Proclamation

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• Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology. So you and I can give thanks that the locus of Christian thinking appears to be shifting from North America and northern Europe where people write rules and obey them, to places like Africa and Latin America where people still know how to dance.

  William Henry Willimon

  Christian, Jesus, Latin

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• Somos mejores dando que recibiendo, no porque seamos personas generosas, sino porque somos personas orgullosas y arrogantes. La historia de Navidad -la de Lucas, no la de Dickens- no trata de lo bendito que es ser dadores, sino de lo esencial que es vernos a nosotros mismos como receptores.

  William Henry Willimon

  Blessed, People, Proud

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• We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen. The irony is that the belief that nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen is a belief that we have not personally chosen! The supermarket and shopping mall have been our school.

  William Henry Willimon

  Believe, School, Shopping

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