Sharon Riley > Sharon's Quotes

“Usually the things we think we need become the very things we need a break from.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to the listeners but no longer relevant to God. When the worship of God turns into a "worship experience," we have derailed as the body of Christ.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“I have a couple of long, funky necklaces I enjoy, some chunky rings, a few big bracelets to cover my wrist tattoo when I'm speaking at First (fill-in-the-denomination) Church, USA.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve been invited into a story that begins with humility and ends with glory; never the other way around.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“God does not change, but He uses change—to change us. He sends us on journeys that bring us to the end of ourselves. We often feel out of control, yet if we embrace His leading, we may find ourselves on the ride of our lives.”
― Jen Hatmaker, Interrupted: An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith

“Obedience isn’t a lack of fear. It’s just doing it scared.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“I want to be outside with the misfits, with the rebels, the dreamers, second-chance givers, the radical grace lavishers, the ones with arms wide open, the courageously vulnerable, and among even—or maybe especially—the ones rejected by the Table as not worthy enough or right enough.”
― Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

“Women have more to offer the church than mad decorating skills or craft nights.”
― Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

“We can rest confident in the fact that nothing will happen to us in this world apart from the gracious will of a sovereign God. Nothing.”
― David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

“There is indescribable joy to be found, deep satisfaction to be felt, and an eternal purpose to be fulfilled in dying to ourselves and living for him.”
― David Platt, What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?

“You and I can choose to continue with business as usual in the Christian life and in the church as a whole, enjoying success based on the standards defined by the culture around us. Or we can take an honest look at the Jesus of the Bible and dare to ask what the consequences might be if we really believed him and really obeyed him.”
― David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”
― Barack Obama