Get Real Quotes

“It is because of the church’s diversity that the followers of Christ were first called Christians in Antioch. You could not call them Jews or Gentiles, for both were in the church. You could not label them wealthy or poor, intellectuals or idiots, because the church was made up from all categories of humanity. The only thing that all these diverse people had in common was Christ, and therefore that was the only title you could give them: Christians. Jesus”
― John S. Leonard, Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day

“Angry, judgmental, and critical people don’t make good evangelists.”
― John S. Leonard, Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day

“If we’re going to share a gospel of grace, then we cannot decide who is and who is not worthy of God’s grace.”
― John S. Leonard, Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day

“Loving our enemies also teaches us that the gospel is bigger and more important than any other issue. It trumps all divisions, prejudices, and hatred. The gospel is more important than any personal or political issues you may have with others.”
― John S. Leonard, Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day

“Why is it necessary for us, if we are going to share the gospel with others, to love our enemies? Because the gospel’s central message is about God loving his enemies—which once included us. Paul writes, “while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son” (Romans 5:10). How can we profess that we have been transformed by a God who loved us even when we were his enemies, if we don’t love our enemies? The only way the world will believe in such a God is if they see those of us who call him Lord loving our enemies.”
― John S. Leonard, Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day