Pure Christianity

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"The gospel says 'Go,' but our church buildings say, 'Stay.'" The gospel says, 'Seek the lost,' but our churches say, 'Let the lost seek the church.'"

Howard Snyder (The Problem of Wineskins)

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"The real sin is not what happened in the past. The real sin is what is not happening in the present."

Dr. Leonard I. Sweet        From the foreword to Organic Church

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"If you want to win this world to Christ, you are going to have to sit in the smoking section."

Neil Cole

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"We shed a lot of blood for this country. We are not going to give up our country for a mere X on a ballot. How can a ball point pen fight with a gun?"

Robert Mugabe

14 June 2008

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I know I have worn out this quote, but it is just so powerful.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after  orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

 

James 1:27 NIV

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"Lust comes from a deep lack of satisfaction with life. This is why we have to slow down and reflect on our lives before we'll ever begin to sort out the significance of this. Lust often starts with a thought somewhere in our head or heart: 'If I had that/him/her/it, then I'd be...'"

Rob Bell from his book Sex God

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Those who lack discrimination may quote the letter of the Scripture, but they are really denying its inner truth.

-- The Bhagavad Gita

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"Two thousand years ago God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name. If He was willing to turn Judaism upside down, don't think for a moment our institutions are safe from a divine revolt. I am convinced that even now there are multitudes of followers of Jesus Christ who are sick and tired of the church playing games and playing down the call of God. My travels only confirm that the murmurings of revolution are everywhere. I am convinced that there is an uprising in the works and that no one less than God is behind it."

Erwin McManus

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"Mommy, are we Kikuyu?"

Butterfly Brooks, age 4

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"There must be more to life than having everything."

Maurice Sendak