Rebuilt Quotes

“The organizations that need innovation the most are the ones that do the most to stop it from happening. —Seth Godin6”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. —Colossians 3:12–14”
― Michael White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. —C. S. Lewis3”
― Michael White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“The movement of the kingdom of God is the movement of love. Ultimately we’re helping to restore the reign of love. And we won’t see it—we’ll miss it—unless we’re serving one another.”
― Michael White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“Today it is imperative that any distinction or division should be overcome, because the choice between saving the world and changing it is a false one. They are intimately related, the work of redemption and the work of restoration.”
― Michael White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“we thought the reason the parish was losing market share was simply because our customers weren’t being well served and our product line wasn’t that good.”
― Michael White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“The Church has a mission statement: Make disciples.”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“Indeed, the Word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“God’s will is growth; God expects us to be fruitful. So, if we’re not fruitful, don’t we have to stop and consider if we’re really being faithful? If we’re not being fruitful, don’t we need to evaluate what we’re doing wrong, learn more about where God wants us to go, and if necessary, do things differently?”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession . . . . Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. . .”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter

“The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of the church for special occasions, but does not give his or her life and innermost thoughts, feelings, and intentions over to the kingdom of the heavens. Such Christians are not inwardly transformed and not committed to it.4”
― Michael J. White, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter