Why I love reading A. J. Heschel; wise, compassionate, astringent, insisting on awe, reverence and wonder in the encounter between our brokenness and divine mercy.
"Second Isaiah is a prophecy tempered with human tears, mixed with a joy that heals all scars, clearing a way for understanding the future in spite of the present. No words have ever gone further in offering comfort when the sick world cries." (The Prophets, p.145)
"We have so much to say about the Bible that we are not prepared to hear what the Bible says about us…to know the words of the Bible I must submit them to my judgement; to understand the words of the Bible, I must stand under their judgement." (Insecurity of Freedom, 172)
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