Symbols: The Cross

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Here are a few quotes from Sunday:

  1. Moltmann quote—“The opposite of love is not wrath, but indifference.  Indifference toward justice and injustice would be a retreat on the part of God from the covenant.  But his wrath is an expression of his abiding interest in man.  Anger and love do not therefore keep a balance.  His wrath lasts for the twinkling of an eye, and as the Jonah story shows, God takes back his anger for the sake of his love in reaction to human repentance.  As injured love, the wrath of God is not something inflicted, but a divine suffering of evil.  It is a sorrow which goes through God’s opened heart” (Moltmann, The Crucified God, 272).
  2. “The Cross is a symbol of God’s Justifying Grace, calling us to love God and love each other through overacceptance for the sake of redemption.” (Matt Rawle)