5 Quotes & Sayings By Austin Fischer

Austin Fischer is the author of "A Tourist in Paris" and "The Last Louvre Keeper." He is the cofounder, with his wife, of The Great Muse, a digital media company aimed at providing fresh perspectives on culture. The Great Muse was named one of the 25 best websites by Fortune Magazine in 2012. Fischer's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and The Washington Post. He and his wife live and work in New York City and Brooklyn, where they also own a Wiener Dog rescue.

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The character of Jesus is the character of God. God would never do something Jesus would find morally reprehensible, so if you can’t find it in Jesus, then you really ought to think twice before you claim you’ve found it in God. Austin Fischer
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Far from being a treatise meant to justify God’s righteousness in unconditional election, Romans 9—11 is a treatise about the incomprehensible mercy and scandalous faithfulness of God towards his creatures, through the crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ. Austin Fischer
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The God of Romans 9—11 finds ways to show mercy, even when the facts clamor for judgment. This doesn’t sound much like Calvinism to me, but it does sound a whole lot like Jesus. Austin Fischer
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I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism. Austin Fischer