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Top 25 Derek Flood Quotes (2025 Update)

Derek Flood Quote: “So while it is true that he is thus fulfilling the law in the sense of bringing it to its ultimate goal, the way he is doing this is by overturning the very system of retributive justice embodied in the law, and replacing it with the superior way of God’s restorative justice rooted in the enemy love that Jesus came to demonstrate with his teaching and life.”

1. “So while it is true that he is thus fulfilling the law in the sense of bringing it to its ultimate goal, the way he is doing this is by overturning the very system of retributive justice embodied in the law, and replacing it with the superior way of God’s restorative justice rooted in the enemy love that Jesus came to demonstrate with his teaching and life.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “We as humans are not infallible. But for precisely this reason we need to continue to seek and continue to question. This is foundational to the scientific method itself which does not claim to have all the answers, but rather operates by a methodology that continually seeks to grow and ask and look. It is good to think. It is good to question in the name of compassion. It is good to have a morality rooted in life and our shared human experience. These are essential elements of a healthy faith.”

2. “We as humans are not infallible. But for precisely this reason we need to continue to seek and continue to question. This is foundational to the scientific method itself which does not claim to have all the answers, but rather operates by a methodology that continually seeks to grow and ask and look. It is good to think. It is good to question in the name of compassion. It is good to have a morality rooted in life and our shared human experience. These are essential elements of a healthy faith.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The incarnation is God’s shocking “Yes!” to fallen humanity. The resurrection is God’s defiant “No!” to sin and death, both in term of the hurt done to us and the hurt we do.”

3. “The incarnation is God’s shocking “Yes!” to fallen humanity. The resurrection is God’s defiant “No!” to sin and death, both in term of the hurt done to us and the hurt we do.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Many, if not most first-century Jews expected the messiah to be a man of war, and for the liberation to come through violent force. We see this reflected in the disciples’ own expectations for Jesus. Jesus, however, did not come to take life, but to give his own life. The gospel is indeed about the messiah’s “victory” over evil and injustice, but that messianic victory does not come through violent conquest and military force, but through restoration and healing.”

4. “Many, if not most first-century Jews expected the messiah to be a man of war, and for the liberation to come through violent force. We see this reflected in the disciples’ own expectations for Jesus. Jesus, however, did not come to take life, but to give his own life. The gospel is indeed about the messiah’s “victory” over evil and injustice, but that messianic victory does not come through violent conquest and military force, but through restoration and healing.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The central aim of Scripture, as Jesus saw it, was to lead us to love.”

5. “The central aim of Scripture, as Jesus saw it, was to lead us to love.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Again, as stated above, if we recognize that our particular interpretation and application of Scripture is leading to observable harm, this necessarily means that we need to stop and reassess our course. Scripture, as Jesus read it, needs to lead us to love God, others, and ourselves. If we find that it is leading instead to causing harm then we are getting it wrong.”

6. “Again, as stated above, if we recognize that our particular interpretation and application of Scripture is leading to observable harm, this necessarily means that we need to stop and reassess our course. Scripture, as Jesus read it, needs to lead us to love God, others, and ourselves. If we find that it is leading instead to causing harm then we are getting it wrong.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “We are confronted with our ugliness and hatefulness, and at the same time we see that God incarnate, rather than coming in wrath, is bearing that hurt for us.”

7. “We are confronted with our ugliness and hatefulness, and at the same time we see that God incarnate, rather than coming in wrath, is bearing that hurt for us.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “We can of course argue over what the Bible says about homosexuality, but one thing is utterly clear: Jesus teaches us to love people, not to hate them, not to make them feel hated, and not to stand by while that is happening. From the perspective of the New Testament there simply is no room for doubt on this. We know exactly where Jesus stands in this regard. He stands on the side of the least, the condemned, the vulnerable.”

8. “We can of course argue over what the Bible says about homosexuality, but one thing is utterly clear: Jesus teaches us to love people, not to hate them, not to make them feel hated, and not to stand by while that is happening. From the perspective of the New Testament there simply is no room for doubt on this. We know exactly where Jesus stands in this regard. He stands on the side of the least, the condemned, the vulnerable.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Christ has come to redeem us from the curse of the retributive principle.”

9. “Christ has come to redeem us from the curse of the retributive principle.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The key difference between Jesus and the Pharisees described in the Gospel accounts is in which narratives they chose to embrace. Similarly, the question for us is not whether or not we will choose, but rather which narratives we choose to embrace, and how will we choose them?”

10. “The key difference between Jesus and the Pharisees described in the Gospel accounts is in which narratives they chose to embrace. Similarly, the question for us is not whether or not we will choose, but rather which narratives we choose to embrace, and how will we choose them?”

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Derek Flood Quote: “What’s the greater sin: questioning a doctrine or working to destroy someone’s career and livelihood because they questioned it?”

11. “What’s the greater sin: questioning a doctrine or working to destroy someone’s career and livelihood because they questioned it?”

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Derek Flood Quote: “For Jesus, the correct interpretation of Scripture all comes down to how we love. The Bible was never intended to be our master, placing a burden on our back; it was intended to act as a servant, leading us to love God, others, and ourselves.”

12. “For Jesus, the correct interpretation of Scripture all comes down to how we love. The Bible was never intended to be our master, placing a burden on our back; it was intended to act as a servant, leading us to love God, others, and ourselves.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “So if those who affirm that the Bible is infallible in what it teaches can’t agree on what exactly it is that the Bible in fact teaches – at times vehemently disagreeing – how then can we practically say that the Bible is our “supreme and final authority” on these matters?”

13. “So if those who affirm that the Bible is infallible in what it teaches can’t agree on what exactly it is that the Bible in fact teaches – at times vehemently disagreeing – how then can we practically say that the Bible is our “supreme and final authority” on these matters?”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Jesus cares for us and is not calling us to passivity or irresponsibility. Enemy love is about ending suffering, not validating it.”

14. “Jesus cares for us and is not calling us to passivity or irresponsibility. Enemy love is about ending suffering, not validating it.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “In other words, it is not the death of Jesus in itself, but rather the obedience of Jesus – his faithfulness to love – that acts to make us holy.”

15. “In other words, it is not the death of Jesus in itself, but rather the obedience of Jesus – his faithfulness to love – that acts to make us holy.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Of all sins, the sin of abusive authority is particularly dangerous because it masquerades as righteousness, claiming to speak for God.”

16. “Of all sins, the sin of abusive authority is particularly dangerous because it masquerades as righteousness, claiming to speak for God.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Reading on a trajectory thus means recognizing that what we find in the New Testament is not a final unchangeable eternal ethic, but rather the first major concrete steps away from the dominant religious and political narrative which understood oppression and violence as virtuous, and towards a better way rooted in compassion.”

17. “Reading on a trajectory thus means recognizing that what we find in the New Testament is not a final unchangeable eternal ethic, but rather the first major concrete steps away from the dominant religious and political narrative which understood oppression and violence as virtuous, and towards a better way rooted in compassion.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Learning to read the Bible like Jesus did means being empowered to faithfully question in the name of compassion. It likewise means learning to read the Bible as morally responsible adults, aware of our own limitations. Because in the final analysis, faith is not about certainty; faith is about humility and trust.”

18. “Learning to read the Bible like Jesus did means being empowered to faithfully question in the name of compassion. It likewise means learning to read the Bible as morally responsible adults, aware of our own limitations. Because in the final analysis, faith is not about certainty; faith is about humility and trust.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Despite the fact that the Gospels are filled with page after page of Jesus confronting and rebuking the religious leaders of his day for their hurtful approach to Scripture, we have somehow adopted their approach to biblical interpretation characterized by unquestioning obedience, rather than the approach of Jesus characterized by a hermeneutic of faithful questioning.”

19. “Despite the fact that the Gospels are filled with page after page of Jesus confronting and rebuking the religious leaders of his day for their hurtful approach to Scripture, we have somehow adopted their approach to biblical interpretation characterized by unquestioning obedience, rather than the approach of Jesus characterized by a hermeneutic of faithful questioning.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Jesus begins with the call to “love our neighbor as we love ourselves,” and then pushes us to expand our definition of “neighbor” to encompass those we would normally reject and shut out.”

20. “Jesus begins with the call to “love our neighbor as we love ourselves,” and then pushes us to expand our definition of “neighbor” to encompass those we would normally reject and shut out.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The Bible was never intended to be our master, placing a burden on our back; it was intended to act as a servant, leading us to love God, others, and ourselves. When we read it in a way that leads to the opposite of this, we get it wrong.”

21. “The Bible was never intended to be our master, placing a burden on our back; it was intended to act as a servant, leading us to love God, others, and ourselves. When we read it in a way that leads to the opposite of this, we get it wrong.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Fulfilling Scripture for Jesus means lovingly bringing it into its fully intended purpose.”

22. “Fulfilling Scripture for Jesus means lovingly bringing it into its fully intended purpose.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “There is frankly no other theme that made Jesus quite as furious as seeing people hurt in the name of religion.”

23. “There is frankly no other theme that made Jesus quite as furious as seeing people hurt in the name of religion.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The priority of Jesus was not on defending a text, it was on defending people – in particular defending the victims of religious violence and abuse. Jesus did this even though it meant coming into direct conflict with the religious leaders of his day and their interpretation of Scripture.”

24. “The priority of Jesus was not on defending a text, it was on defending people – in particular defending the victims of religious violence and abuse. Jesus did this even though it meant coming into direct conflict with the religious leaders of his day and their interpretation of Scripture.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “The primary way Jesus taught was by dramatic provocation. He speaks in ironic riddles that tell us to do seemingly absurd things like dying in order to live, and loving the people we hate. Jesus is constantly pulling the rug out from under us – saying things that are intended to shock, to throw us off balance.”

25. “The primary way Jesus taught was by dramatic provocation. He speaks in ironic riddles that tell us to do seemingly absurd things like dying in order to live, and loving the people we hate. Jesus is constantly pulling the rug out from under us – saying things that are intended to shock, to throw us off balance.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Suffering is not to be affirmed as God’s will, it is to be opposed in the name of love.”

26. “Suffering is not to be affirmed as God’s will, it is to be opposed in the name of love.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “There is nothing wrong with correctly understanding what a text is saying. The problem is when this focus on correct interpretation becomes primary, and love takes a backseat, the focus being placed on “being right” and “orthodox” at the expense of love.”

27. “There is nothing wrong with correctly understanding what a text is saying. The problem is when this focus on correct interpretation becomes primary, and love takes a backseat, the focus being placed on “being right” and “orthodox” at the expense of love.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “Scripture is only read right when it is read in a way that leads us to a Jesus-shaped life and a Jesus-shaped understanding of God’s heart.”

28. “Scripture is only read right when it is read in a way that leads us to a Jesus-shaped life and a Jesus-shaped understanding of God’s heart.”

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Derek Flood Quote: “For Jesus, questioning religious violence in ourselves, in our faith, and in our sacred text is a moral imperative. Compassion and character compel us to question, and that questioning in the name of love is modeled for us in Scripture itself. As Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim puts it, “An inner-biblical warrant exists for the people of God to raise questions.”19.”

29. “For Jesus, questioning religious violence in ourselves, in our faith, and in our sacred text is a moral imperative. Compassion and character compel us to question, and that questioning in the name of love is modeled for us in Scripture itself. As Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim puts it, “An inner-biblical warrant exists for the people of God to raise questions.”19.”

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