“When we enjoy social comforts as Christians, we can be timid in sharing our faith because inherent in that sharing is the risk of losing that comfort if people don’t affirm our beliefs. But if we have no comforts, that hindrance to our evangelism is gone.”
― The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
― The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
“Menelik I not only founded the dynasty but also began the practice of Ethiopian Judaism. Although there is no way to verify the Kebra Nagast’s claims, Ethiopia does have a history of practicing Judaism, which predates Ethiopia’s adoption of Christianity.”
― History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History
― History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian History
“Scripture is not color consumed on one hand or color-blind on the other. It is color-conscious.”
― Talking about Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations
― Talking about Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations
“[A] crucial part of justice is equality, and that means, among other things, experiencing criminal justice equally. People who favor policies like Stop and Frisk should experience it themselves. Justice cannot just be something that one part of society inflicts upon the other.”
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
“At some point, the rate of dechurching will slow down, not necessarily because the underlying reasons have been mitigated, but simply because there won’t be enough people going to church regularly to sustain the rate of people leaving the church. The dechurched will give way to the unchurched—those who never attended church to begin with.”
― The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
― The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
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