Futureville Quotes

“God has not abandoned his creation to sin and evil. He is not a Creator who rejects and replaces; he reconciles and redeems.”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow

“What both sides of the culture war forget is that when we label another person or group as the “enemy” because they oppose our vision of the future, we also reduce their value. We diminish, at least in our eyes, some of their God-given worth by viewing them as objects to be removed rather than people to be loved. Whenever we diminish the value of people created in God’s image, we cannot be moving closer to shalom;”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow

“through the incarnation God took on flesh and entered into the wilderness of the world, and there he started to cultivate order, beauty, and abundance that could be experienced in the present.”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow

“We cannot win converts with a self-centered message and then be appalled when they became self-centered Christians.”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow

“Investing our lives in treasure that will not be destroyed means determining what we believe to be eternal, what will endure. Again, our vision of the future shapes our actions in the present.”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow

“We have adopted a vision of tomorrow that cannot affirm a Christian’s work in the world outside the church. Instead, the message of the church being absorbed by many young people, both explicitly and implicitly, is that ministry is the only labor that really matters in light of eternity. It is a vision that tells young people most of their interests, occupations, and pursuits do not matter to God. It is a vision that says real significance can only be found by contributing time and treasure to the institutional church’s work. Young people are not buying it anymore. The fault is not to be found in a generation that won’t commit to the church, but in a church that cannot affirm this generation’s commitments because of its vision of the future.”
― Skye Jethani, Futureville: Discover Your Purpose for Today by Reimagining Tomorrow