Goodness of God

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a conference entitled, "The Goodness of God."  Due to scheduling, I was not able to attend every session.  However, I was able to attend most of it.  I thought I would share a few quotes from the conference:

"We need to make Jesus the center of our theology."
"Much of the church is bipolar in their belief about God. You never know, He might be good or bad."
"Love assumes the best about someone. Why don't we do this with God?"
"John 10:10 gives us the job descriptions of Satan and God."
"Jesus didn't just come to die for sin, but also to reveal who the Father is."
"In the church, we see Jesus and God like good cop/bad cop."
"We need to read the Old Testament with a Jesus compass."
"Why is the church impotent? We are double minded about God."
"Repentance is wise and grounded in grace."
"God is only all-powerful within His character. He has patience to work around our freedom."
"Satan is a defeated foe, but he doesn't act defeated."
"Let's stop blaming God.  He gave us enough freedom to come into love."
"Scripture is the launching pad not the landing pad."

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