'The meaning of the life, death, and future of Jesus Christ has been entrusted to human witnesses. The whole enterprise of preaching is built on this trust in the witnesses. It is not always understood that the confidence of the biblical preacher, teacher, and witness is not personal arrogance. Such confidence arises out of the paradoxical faith of the sufficiency of God to override the insufficiency of human beings.'
Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion, p.21.
