“Consider this: there is not a single word in [the Sermon on the Mount] about what to believe, only words about what to do. It is a behavioral manifesto, not a propositional one. Yet three centuries later, when the Nicene Creed became the official oath of Christendom, there was not a single word in it about what to do, only words about what to believe!” BelieveThreeCenturyOfficialsCreedsSermonsOathSingle WordChristendomManifestosSermon On The Mount Book:Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus Source: Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus
“In every waking hour a sacred theater is in session, played out before an audience that is largely blind.” HoursAudienceTheaterBlindSacredWakingSession Book:Morning Sun on a White Piano: Simple Pleasures and the Sacramental Life Source: Morning Sun on a White Piano: Simple Pleasures and the Sacramental Life
“Condemnation feels good and it is now a staple of religion, politics, and the media (both left and right), but it changes nothing. Compassion, on the other hand, changes everything. (p. 121)” FeelsHandsLeftCompassionMediaFeel GoodCondemnationStaplesLeft And RightReligion Politics Author:Robin Meyers
“It is easier and much more satisfying to rail against the Right than to suggest that we go back to Genesis 1 and study together. Liberals can be just as intolerant as fundamentalists, and we have arrived at a moment in human history when intolerance and hope are mutually exclusive.” HumansMomentsTogetherStudyEasierSatisfyingIntoleranceHuman HistoryExclusiveGenesisRail Book:Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus Source: Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus