Quotes from Miroslav Volf
Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day at the end. And it is my belief that on that day justice will be done and there will be a reconciliation between those who have profoundly injured one another takes place.
- Miroslav Volf
Muslims and Christians can work together to depose dictators and assert the power of the people. We've seen it happen on the Tahrir Square in Cairo during the 2011 revolution in Egypt, with devout Muslims and Coptic Christians protesting side by side.
- Miroslav Volf
There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.
- Miroslav Volf
If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.
- Miroslav Volf
If somebody postulates the existence of more than one god, I would have to say we don't worship the same god. If somebody says that God is basically one with the world, I would also have to say we don't worship the same god.
- Miroslav Volf
Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in the middle of living rooms and between people who share a lot, who have a lot in common.
- Miroslav Volf
God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn't just love. God is love.
- Miroslav Volf
We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.
- Miroslav Volf
Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.
- Miroslav Volf
Christianity and Islam are today the most numerous and fastest growing religions globally. Together they encompass more than half of humanity. Consequence: both are here to stay.
- Miroslav Volf
I don't think we need to agree with anyone in order to love the person. The command for Christians to love the other person, to be benevolent and beneficent toward them, is independent of what the other believes.
- Miroslav Volf
There are no unforgivable sins.
- Miroslav Volf