“Historically inaccurate.' Adrian gestured at me with his other hand, the one not on my shoulder. "Who the hell looks at you and says 'historically inaccurate'?”
“I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the traitor Peter, and the human-rights abuser Saul of Tarsus. I have come to know a God whose Son made prodigals the heroes of his stories and the trophies of his ministry.”
“It isn't the rebels who cause the troubles of the world, it's the troubles that cause the rebels.”
“Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.”
“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”