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We are all on this earth together; we might as well make the best of it while we’re here. That “best of it” cannot be achieved if we don’t all work together toward improvement, and the easiest and least expensive improvement to make is
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“Jesus did not create a new religion, but set us free from all the rules and regulations of religion”
― Dying to Religion and Empire: Giving up Our Religious Rites and Legal Rights
― Dying to Religion and Empire: Giving up Our Religious Rites and Legal Rights
“the Pharisees lacked—and what we Christians have all too often lacked—is grace. We must never let our theological disagreements get in the way of showing God’s unconditional, overpowering grace to everyone we meet.”
― Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
― Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
“Jesus never allowed himself to be defined by the political conflicts of his day, and neither should we.”
― The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church
― The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church
“Children live their lives with simplicity, not having acquired the mindset of harming others to gain some level of self-imposed success. A child—whether seven or seventy—is that person who still has a trusting heart, who is still dependent upon the Father and who has not lost the God-given gift of humility.”
― How Far Is Heaven?: Rediscovering the Kingdom of God in the Here and Now
― How Far Is Heaven?: Rediscovering the Kingdom of God in the Here and Now
“Our relationships with one another are the canvas upon which our relationship with God is put on display. We know we have passed from death to life because we love the brotherhood, [38] not because we are scrupulous about observing the Sabbath and keeping the feasts. Our love of the brotherhood is the proof of our love for God, not the lists of things that we so often accept as the standard for holiness.”
― The New Testament Prophet: Understanding the Mind, Temperament, and Calling
― The New Testament Prophet: Understanding the Mind, Temperament, and Calling
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