“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
“If God is given to be misunderstood then he is also given to be re-understood.”
― For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions
― For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions
“While everyone’s story is unique, there are some common tensions that emerge among the dechurched. • They wanted community . . . and got judgment. • They wanted to affect the life of the church . . . and got bureaucracy. • They wanted conversation . . . and got doctrine. • They wanted meaningful engagement with the world . . . and got moral prescription.”
― 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
“Emerging Christians want others to see different ways of being a Christian, and their identities are bound up in modeling those different ways.”
― The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity
― The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity
“the God we construct is always too small.”
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
― Rob Bell and a New American Christianity
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