“When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.” ThinkingProblemValuesJesusChurchTalkingKindnessPrayingRepublicanWingsConservativeToleranceGenerosityVotingLoyalFairnessProblem SolvingRationalityRight WingKindness GenerosityGoing To Church Author:Bill Maher
“Talking Taboo is a groundbreaking book. This chorus of bold female voices is presenting the church with an opportunity to engage real but all too frequently avoided or unseen issues impacting countless Christian women today. Their candid essays cover a wide spectrum of perspectives. Readers will resonate with some and be shocked by others. Talking Taboo took courage to write. Reading taboo takes courage too. So buckle up and brace yourself for an eye-opening but vitally important read!” WritingImportantBookRealEyeTodayChristianReadingOpportunityVoiceChurchTalkingIssuesPerspectiveReaderFemaleWideOpeningShockedUnseenEssaysAvoidedSpectrumTabooPresentingChorusCandidBracesEye OpeningBucklesGroundbreakingChristian WomenFemale Voice Author:Carolyn Custis James
“I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentRealWholeHomeKidsTogetherSpiritualThreeChurchTalkingWorryWifeProduceMomDadCrisisMy WifeHopefullyGuaranteesPretendingBeing RealContributingGuarantees ThatMom And DadHopefully Not Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“People are always talking about the first church. The real first church was that gaggle of people who followed Jesus around. We don't know anything about them. But he apparently didn't ask them what creed they subscribed to, or what their sexual preference was, or any of that. He fed them. He healed them. He forgave them. He is clear about sin, but he was also for forgiveness.” PeopleKnowsFirstsRealAsksJesusChurchSinTalkingClearFedsCreedsPreferenceHealed Author:Wendell Berry
“The term revolution means: a sudden, radical, and complete change from the way things are normally done. I love that definition because I really feel that in order for us to start walking in the kind of love that Christ commanded us to - the "love your neighbor as yourself" kind - it's going to take a radical change in our current behavior. The church has become passive and selfish and it's going to take a revolution to get us back to the place where we are not just talking the talk, but walking in a love that shows the world Christ's love.” WorldWayFeelsKindMeanDoneShowsOrderTermChristChurchTalkingLove YouRevolutionWalkingBehaviorDefinitionsCurrentsNeighborSelfishRadicalPassiveKinds Of LoveRadical ChangeLove Your NeighborLove Your Neighbor As Yourself Author:Joyce Meyer
“Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard to maintaining the restraints on government; instead, it is always talking about what Christians and churches cannot do.” StatesGovernmentChristianChurchReligiousTalkingConceptsRegardSeparationThese DaysRestraintMaintainingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:D. James Kennedy
“The roughest thing was learning the realities of the world at such a young age. I was 10 or 11, going to church, hearing the adults standing on the podium talking about world affairs, about history, about war, and how America was founded.” WorldWarRealityAgeAmericaYoungChurchTalkingAdultsStandingAffairHearingYoung AgeGoing To ChurchWorld Affairs Author:Michelle Rodriguez