“Unfortunately, many of us start that journey with enthusiasm but fail to sustain it. Our faith goes on cruise control as we start seeking comfort and not a calling. It doesn’t help that too often in our churches we pigeonhole Jesus safely behind the altar rails and communion tables of our tame religious traditions, teaching people to revere Jesus instead of following Jesus sacrificially every day in the trenches of life. Jesus’ call is not to revere; his call is to follow. When we do so, reverence will naturally result.”
― Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus
― Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus
“When we privatize our faith, we cease to be salt and light in the world. No longer part of a countercultural revolution, or an outpost of heaven demonstrating God’s plan for restoration and resurrection, we reduce our faith to this: “Jesus came, died, and rose from the grave to get me into heaven.”
― Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus
― Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus
“Why do so many of us profess our belief in God but trust money for our security?”
― Momentum for Life, Revised Edition: Biblical Practices for Sustaining Physical Health, Personal Integrity, and Strategic Focus
― Momentum for Life, Revised Edition: Biblical Practices for Sustaining Physical Health, Personal Integrity, and Strategic Focus
“The kingdom of God is neither blue nor red, tea nor coffee! The church must stand in prophetic tension with Constantinian political systems and never underwrite or accommodate itself to a partisan political world order, including American democracy.”
― Hijacked: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide
― Hijacked: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide
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