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The problem is, we like the mission to be about us. And this has caused a spiritual narcissism to invade the church. You hear it in the words people utter when they walk out of a service and say, "I didn't get anything out of that today."

The problem is, we like the mission to be about us. And this has caused a spiritual narcissism to invade the church. You hear it in the words people utter when they walk out of a service and say, "I didn't get anything out of that today."

"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."
-Robert Jastrow, former director of NASA's Godard Institute of Space Studies.

"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."
-Robert Jastrow, former director of NASA's Godard Institute of Space Studies.

"Truth without grace is just judgment. Grace without truth is license. Only authentic Christianity brings together both truth and grace."

"Transformation [of the gospel] is heresy. Translation is the heart of our mission. Knowing the difference is the crucible of leadership and the difference between being in the world and being of the world."