Amy Orr-Ewing Quotes from “Why Trust the Bible?”

I recently read Amy’s book “Why Trust the Bible?” and was enthralled by it. Amy Orr-Ewing is a Christian apologist who graduated from Oxford and is one of the best apologists I’ve listened to. Her book contains one-of-a-kind insights and there are many parts worth quoting. So here are some of my favorite thought-provoking quotes from her book.

“Self-interest dies in the presence of real love.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“Is the Bible sexist? Not if you look at Christ. Women were welcomed, taught, spoken of as equally human. Women were witnesses to the primary facts of the Christian story of incarnation, atonement, and resurrection.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“The good news of the Gospels is largely staked on the basis of the testimony of women about Jesus Christ – that he was born to be God with us, that he was crucified and died for our sins and that, on the third day, his tomb was found empty because he was raised from the dead.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“Christian conceptions of what it really means to be human beings are rooted in the idea that all human beings are made in the image of God and deserve to be treated with dignity.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“Male and Female – there is is – right at the beginning of the Bible: a vision of equality and sacredness for men and women, who together are the image-bearers of the Creator.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“…Eve expresses independent volition in the Genesis story. Eve chooses for herself; her dignity and capacity for choice are actually affirmed in the Genesis narrative.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“The two root words in the Hebrew mean to rescue or save and to be strong. When God is our ezer, he is savior, deliverer, and mighty one.”
“For Eve, it is a title of dignity and strength, not an indicator of domination or subserviency.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“God incarnate in human history invited women to be first at the cradle and last at the cross.” Amy Orr-Ewing

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“Where the church has failed women, Christ as the truth incarnate has given us the perfect pattern of how to affirm the full humanity of women.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“The union of man and woman is physical, poetic, and intimate, but it is also theologically significant. What we read in the Bible does not resonate with a culture that tells us that human beings are there to be used for one another’s sexual consumption – to be easily disposed of when we grow tired or bored.” Amy Orr-Ewing

“A vision of sex in marriage as a gift of intimacy between committed male and female divine image-bearers was a radical view within a small cult in a large [Roman] empire. Christian sexual ethics meant a profound improvement in life for women, children, the enslaved, and the poor.” Amy Orr-Ewing

I appreciated Amy’s insights into the significance of women’s roles in the gospel story, and the counter-cultural view of sexuality in the Christian sphere vs Roman culture.

If you enjoyed Amy Orr-Ewing’s quotes from “Why Trust the Bible?”, you might enjoy reading Leonard Ravenhill’s Quotes from “Why Revival Tarries” next.