“Most of the time, creatures must choose to do good. They must respond well to divine inspiration. Unlike God, creatures do not have eternal and unchanging natures necessarily inclined toward love. But they can act in genuinely good ways when they respond well to God’s calls.”

“Most of the time, creatures must choose to do good. They must respond well to divine inspiration. Unlike God, creatures do not have eternal and unchanging natures necessarily inclined toward love. But they can act in genuinely good ways when they respond well to God’s calls.”

— Thomas Jay Oord