10 Quotes by Gordon D. Fee

The concern of the scholar is primarily with what the text meant; the concern of the layperson is usually with what it means. The believing scholar insists that we must have both. Reading the Bible with an eye only to its meaning for us can lead to a great deal of nonsense as well as to every imaginable kind of error—because it lacks controls. Fortunately, most believers are blessed with at least a measure of that most important of all hermeneutical skills—common sense.

Because the Bible is God’s Word, it has eternal relevance; it speaks to all humankind, in every age and in every culture.

One crucial thing to keep in mind as you read any Hebrew narrative is the presence of God in the narrative. In any biblical narrative, God is the ultimate character, the supreme hero of the story.

Show me a church's songs and I'll show you their theology.

Show me a church’s songs and I’ll show you their theology.

Truly Christian conduct is not predicated on whether I have the right to do something, but whether my conduct is helpful to those about me.

1. Old Testament narratives are not allegories or stories filled with hidden meanings.

Our theology and experience of the Spirit must be more interwoven if our experienced life of the Spirit is to be more effective.

God has made us this way, in his own image, because he himself is a personal, relational being.