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Civic religion promotes a god without any definition and a generic faith that demands and asks nothing of its followers.
“Should it concern us that the bible never calls us to ask Jesus into our hearts. Should it concern us that the bible never mentions such a superstitious sinners prayer and yet that is exactly what we have sold to so many as salvation.”
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“We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.”
― Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
― Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
“We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.”
― Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
― Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
David’s 2025 Year in Books
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