I just finished a book by Brian McLaren entitled "Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope". The book was very compelling and often convicting. I can't say that I agreed with everything that Brian talked about, but truthfully, I'm not necessarily sure that you should agree with everything you read, but that's neither here nor there. My purpose of this post isn't to dissect the book or even write a review on it as I am still processing a lot of it's contents. There are two things that stuck with me over these past two days that I have been contemplating and mulling over. They are both quotations from the book that recently I found very convicting, challenging, questioning, and revealing to how I look at my faith.
"Sadly, in too many quarters we continue to reduce the scope of the gospel to the individual soul and the nuclear family, framing it in a comfortable, personalized format--it's all about personal devotions, personal holiness, and a personal Savior. This domesticated gospel will neither rock any boats nor step out of them into stormy waters. We have in many ways responded to the big global crises of our day with an incredible, shrinking gospel. The world has said, 'No thanks.'" Everything Must Change, ch. 28 p. 244
"Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the strong." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a sermon on 2 Cor. 12:9
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