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“Christianity has its roots in the profound sense of exile.”
― Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year
― Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year
“the God we construct is always too small.”
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
“Whenever anything gets hyper-established, it loses something.”
― The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity
― The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity
“What we do here, matters. What we make here, matters. How we serve here, matters. If it is only about our destiny in the world to come, this world becomes a mere means to our true end; every person merely an object of evangelism.”
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
“As our respondents show when discussing these tensions, the failure of the church to adapt to new cultural realities is a fundamental issue driving the dechurched movement. In short, what worked for churches to attract and keep people in the 1980s or 1990s can be the same practices that drive people away in the 2000s.”
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
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