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“Many “spiritual people,” not necessarily those that claim Christianity, share a common sentiment: “Religions, faiths and even Jesus are personal matters, so stay out of my business and I will stay out of yours.”  Christians are not supposed to, nor can they afford to share this sentiment. ”
― Matt Carter, Bad Christian, Great Savior

“of our deepest desires is to change our sinful habits.  We try not to take credit when we make positive changes.  We never claim to be without sin.  We apologize, but probably not as often as we should.  We talk about how sinful we are.  We talk a lot about our great savior.  We often verbalize our complete dependence on God.  We have changed and are changing still.”
― Matt Carter, Bad Christian, Great Savior

“Peter is a very interesting guy.  He is one of Jesus’ favorite people and a trusted friend.  He saw most of Jesus’ miracles firsthand and was trained by Him.  Peter was a Christian who knew Jesus was God and served Him in full-time Christian ministry, yet we see him make some unbelievable blunders.  He lacked faith, displayed when he sank in the water (Matt 14:31). He was prideful and thought he belonged with Jesus, Moses, and Elijah (Matt 17:4).  He famously denied Jesus three times (Mark 14:29-31), and even after Jesus was raised and the Holy Spirit had come, and Peter had become a mature leader in the Christian church, he had to be called out by the apostle Paul for refusing to even eat with Gentiles.  That one is particularly interesting because it’s exactly what a great deal of modern Christians do.  They refuse to eat with Gentiles.  Translation: Hang out with Democrats, go to rock concerts, have a beer with their coworkers, go to their neighborhood’s Halloween party.”
― Matt Carter, Bad Christian, Great Savior

“It is easy and very common to actively pursue being a “good Christian” instead of pursuing our great Savior himself.”
― Matt Carter, Bad Christian, Great Savior

“We need Jesus because we are losing the battle. We are making ourselves into big-time hypocrites, and everybody knows it.  Nothing stinks more than people who think they are superior to you, especially when they‘re on exactly the same level. People look at us (the church) and hate Christianity, and consequently, reject Jesus.  Yet legalism says that if a non-Christian sees you drink beer or hears you say "shit", or sees you doing anything else remotely fun or cool, then they will close their hearts to Jesus.”
― Matt Carter, Bad Christian, Great Savior