“The word of God is definitely above culture, in terms of what or who should have authority in our lives. However, we must remember that we are within culture, and our calling in Christ is to play our part in the redemption and transformation of individuals and cultures. I believe the recent history of the religious subculture teaches all too clearly that unless we are moving forward in seeking the genuine transformation of culture, then we are standing still and it is transforming us.” ShouldBelieveStillsPlayRememberMovingCultureIndividualI BelieveTermChristReligiousChristianityTeachOur LivesCallingAuthorityStandingShould HaveTransformationSeekingGenuineMoving ForwardRedemptionWord Of GodTransformingStanding StillSubculture Author:Steve Scott
“We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious traditions point in the same direction, and now let's get moving together, doing something for peace.” DifferentTogetherMovingReligiousWasteTraditionBoatOur TimeReligious TraditionsGet Moving Author:David Steindl-Rast
“This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to move their agenda ahead. The classic example being that somehow secularists are trying to eliminate Christmas, which strikes me as some kind of manufactured controversy.” TryingKindSometimesMovingReligiousExampleNotionStrikesClassicAgendasCynicalOppressedControversyPloy Author:Barack Obama
“Science may have come a long way, but as far as religion is concerned, we are first cousins to the !Kung tribesmen of the Kalahari Desert. Except for the garments, their deep religious trances might just as well be happening at a revival meeting or in the congregation of a fundamentalist TV preacher.... As we move further from the life of ignorance and superstition in which religion has its roots, we seem to need it more and more.... Why has religion become a force just when we'd have thought it would be losing ground to secularism?” WayNeedsFirstsWellsMayLongSeemsMightWould BeMovingForceReligiousAtheismIgnoranceTvsLosingHappeningsConcernedRootsMeetingsPositive AtheismDesertSuperstitionsPreacherCousinLong WayRevivalSecularismGarmentsFundamentalistCongregationTrance Author:Phil Donahue
“I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn't also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all?” MovingLanguageReligiousWonderMoralAcceptanceJudgmentPhrasesAdoptionSecularShrinksDisabledJudgmentalAversionReluctanceLobotomyBeing Judgmental Author:Ellen Goodman
“God is bigger than time, dates, and appointments. He wants you to move through this day with a quiet heart, an inward assurance that He is in control, a peaceful certainty that your life is in His hands, a deep trust in His plan and purposes, and a thankful disposition, toward all that He allows. He wants you to put your faith in Him, not in a timetable. He wants you to wait on Him and wait for Him. In His perfect way He will put everything together, see to every detail... arrange every circumstance... and order every step to bring to pass what He has for you.” WayWantLifeBelieveHeartGodHandsChristianTogetherMovingLife IsPurposeFaithOrderBeliefWaitingReligiousPerfectLordStepsPlansTrustConfidenceCircumstancesQuietBiggerDetailsChristian InspirationalPeacefulCertaintyThis DayHave FaithTrust In GodInwardDispositionAssuranceCommitment To GodEvery StepConfidence In GodAppointmentsGreatness Of GodGod Within UsKeep The FaithGod Is In ControlKeep BelievingThank You GodGod Has A PlanInstruments Of GodTimetablesWait For HimPleasing GodHave A Little FaithQuiet Heart Author:Roy Lessin