“The grace of God is dangerous. It's lavish, excessive, outrageous, and scandalous. God's grace is ridiculously inclusive. Apparently God doesn't care who He loves. He is not very careful about the people He calls His friends or the people He calls His church.” PeopleCareChurchGraceDangerousCarefulGrace Of GodOutrageousGod's GraceScandalous Author:Mike Yaconelli
“What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.” PeopleIdeasJesusCommonBrokenOrdinaryCrossesGodlyScrewed Up Book:Messy Spirituality Source: Messy Spirituality
“Nothing makes people in the church more angry than grace. It's ironic: we stumble into a party we weren't invited to and find the uninvited standing at the door making sure no other uninviteds get in.” PeopleChurchPartyGraceDoorsStandingAngryIronicInvitedGuardingUninvited Book:Messy Spirituality Source: Messy Spirituality
“Nothing in the church makes people in the church more angry than grace. It's ironic: we stumble into a party we weren't invited to and find the uninvited standing at the door making sure no other uninviteds get in. Then a strange phenomenon occurs: as soon as we are included in the party because of Jesus' irresponsible love, we decide to make grace "more responsible" by becoming self-appointed Kingdom Monitors, guarding the kingdom of God, keeping the riffraff out (which, as I understand it, are who the kingdom of God is supposed to include).” PeopleSelfJesusChurchPartyGraceDoorsStrangeBecomingStandingResponsibleAngryKingdomsPhenomenonIronicInvitedKingdom Of GodIrresponsibleGuardingUninvitedStrange Phenomena Author:Mike Yaconelli
“Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life.” PeopleImportantSpiritualJesusReligiousBehindsPracticeSpiritual LifeJesus Love Book:Messy Spirituality Source: Messy Spirituality
“The power of the Church is not a parade of flawless people, but of a flawless Christ who embraces our flaws. The Church is not made up of whole people, rather of the broken people who find wholeness in a Christ who was broken for us.” PeopleMadeWholeJesusChristChurchPowerBrokenEmbraceChristian InspirationalFlawsWholenessParadesBrokennessFlawlessBroken Man Author:Mike Yaconelli
“There are a whole lot of people who are so freakin' busy—they've so cluttered up their lives—they're at their wits' end. And if they'd only just stop for a minute, they could hear the God of the universe whisper to them, “I love you.” PeopleIfsEndsWholeUniverseMinutesLove YouBusyWitWits End Author:Mike Yaconelli
“Our world is... longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender... and ours; a God whose love frightens us into His strong and powerful arms where He longs to whisper those terrifying words, 'I love you.'” PeopleWorldBigsStrongPowerfulLove YouArmsHolyLongingGentleOur WorldFrightening Author:Mike Yaconelli
