Phillip Michael Garner Quotes

“Racism is a parasite on the soul that infects it with intolerable violence. Racism is a disqualifying position for anyone claiming to be a Christian.”
― Phillip Michael Garner

“Hate is a power that hollows out reality of all that God intended. It empties the world of love, redemption, reconciliation, and opens the abyss of nothingness. It builds an irrefutable case against its object. It is a friend to those that exalt themselves above others. It is an uncreative force that deceives all participants. It is a pollutant that corrupts good intentions. Hate is an exclusionary act that dehumanizes its object. Hate is a parasite on the marrow of humanity.”
― Phillip Michael Garner

“Religion without concern for the present is useless; all who seek God in a broken world should avoid it.

Religion is activism set afire by faith through love for God and neighbor. Good religion opposes humanity’s self-destructive nature and longs to conquer our inherent violence.

Religion’s goal for its adherents is to loose them on society as burning lights who expose all that harms and corrupts so that we all share in the bounty of God’s creation. Religion is always a political force through its call to goodness.”
― Phillip Michael Garner