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The Salvation Army can help the Western church know the way out of the wilderness as it: • Serves people’s needs across all areas of life; • Addresses people’s needs without requiring them to become church people; • Advocates for the least
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“I can, however, talk endlessly about the way I’ve been thrown on my ass over and over by the Bible, the practices of the church, and the people of God. That is to say, by religion.”
― Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
― Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
“Just when do men that have different blood in them stop hating one another?”
― Light in August
― Light in August
“Sometimes the things that need to be set right are not just in the lives of those we seek to serve. The things that need to be set right may also be in our own lives.”
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
“What brings credibility to the gospel is not more hour-long sermons. What brings credibility, passion, and, ultimately, belief is seeing the gospel at work … the incarnate gospel. What will move skeptics, cynics, and critics are Christians who love God and love their neighbors—including neighbors who don’t look like them—by willingly and humbly serving their needs.”
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
“Now, I am not suggesting that we all adopt a lifestyle of absolute poverty but rather a theology, praxis, and lifestyle of enough. We have enough. We are blessed and blessed immensely. God has given us enough. God is our enough. I’m reminded of the wise words G. K. Chesterton said: “There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”11”
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
― Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
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