Tom Krattenmaker > Quotes

“What the mass media–consuming public has seen from evangelical Christianity has often seemed like a play with three acts—Anger, Judgment, Insularity—restaged and reenacted over and over.”
― Tom Krattenmaker, The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians

“Secular progressives who have a problem with the notion of a ‘Christian nation’ probably wouldn’t mind if our nation looked a little more like Christ.”[”
― Tom Krattenmaker, The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians

“Curiously, only 13 percent of those surveyed could correctly identify the source of the following principle: “You must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless.” Fifty-four percent misattributed it to a variety of contemporary politicians and celebrities, including Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Bono. Let the record show that the actual source is the Bible—Proverbs 31: 8–9.[”
― Tom Krattenmaker, The Evangelicals You Don't Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians

“I am someone’s Samaritan. So are you.”
― Tom Krattenmaker, Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower: Finding Answers in Jesus for Those Who Don't Believe