“While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.” KindChildrenLittlesWantedPoliticalJesusSocialChristChristianityDogMessagesWorkersDivinityOrthodoxBe KindSocial WorkerOld LadyOrthodox ChristianitySmall Dogs Author:N. T. Wright
“Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse. A great social revolution, in which rank will be overturned, in which all authority in this world will be humiliated, was his dream .” WorldIdeasDreamSeemsGovernmentJesusSocialThis WorldRevolutionAuthorityAbuseNo IdeaAnarchismAnarchistHumiliatedSocial Revolution Author:Ernest Renan
“Anarchism is in reality the ideal of political and social science, and also the ideal of religion. It is the ideal to which Jesus Christ looked forward. Christ founded no church, established no state, gave practically no laws, organized no government and set up no external authority, but he did seek to write on the hearts of men God's law and make them self-legislating.” MenWritingHeartSelfStatesRealityGovernmentLawPoliticalJesusSocialChristChurchAuthorityJesus ChristIdealsOrganizedAnarchismSocial Science Author:R. Heber Newton
“When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.” KnowsJesusSocialPrinciplesMercyKingdomsControlledAltruismKingdom Of GodTrust LoveSocial Relationships Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It should be recognized that this Church is not a social club. This is the kingdom of God on the earth. It is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Its purpose is to bring salvation and exaltation to both the living and the dead.” ShouldEarthPurposeJesusSocialChristChurchJesus ChristSalvationSaintClubsKingdomsLatterKingdom Of GodExaltationLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“So when Jesus directs us to pray, “Thy kingdom come,” he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence. Rather, we pray for it to take over at all points in the personal, social, and political order where it is now excluded: “On earth as it is in heaven.” With this prayer we are invoking it, as in faith we are acting it, into the real world of our daily existence” WorldShouldMeanDoeRealEarthPoliticalOrderJesusHeavenSocialPrayerActingExistencePrayingKingdomsReal WorldExcludedKingdom Come Author:Dallas Willard
“In the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus not only teaches us to help people in need; more deeply, he teaches us that we cannot identify who “has it”, who is “in” with God, who is “blessed”, by looking at exteriors of any sort. That is a matter of the heart. There alone the kingdom of the heavens and human kingdoms great and small are knit together. Draw any cultural or social line you wish, and God will find his way beyond it.” PeopleWayNeedsHumansHeartMatterHelpingStoriesTogetherJesusHeavenWishSocialLinesTeachDrawsBlessedGods WillKingdomsExteriorMatters Of The HeartSamaritans Author:Dallas Willard