The Love that Will Not Let You Go Quotes

“Before I knew about God, I knew Love. I have come to realize that the gift of Love, the capacity and the will to Love, the orientation of life around Love, and giving Love away are the most important things in all creation. I am convinced that the Spirit of God, truth breathing into me from beyond myself, was working in my experience, and made that Love real and visible.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“God’s answer to evil is not explanations. God’s answer is Love, and Love has not deserted us, as painful and unjust as our daily experience may often be. It is that Love, that presence and power of God, on which we lean, right now, today, tonight, in the middle of evil. It is a gift; it cannot be purchased, nor can it be lost. It can be blocked to some extent, at least in the present, by people who have no wish to be a part of it, or who are so lost or hurting that they cannot see it. But it’s always there. When you experience Love before evil’s frightening presence, you experience God’s power.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“We do not worship the Bible; we worship only God. We are not looking for what the Bible says, but rather what God says through the Bible. God speaks to us through the Bible as the Spirit (Love) breaks through and out of the Bible’s words, sometimes leaving them behind, touching us in the deepest unknown corners of our hearts.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“Therefore, we are not so much looking for what the Bible itself says; we are listening for what God says through the Bible.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“The church is designed to be an intentional presence (but not the only location) of true God-Love in the world. What is needed is a renewed vision of the Christian church that has moved beyond propagating “right” belief and doctrine, that has moved beyond building up successful institutions, and has moved beyond defining the Christian life as whatever behavior will please God in order to get good things, like a care-free life, good health, success, respect, money, or heaven. We need to dispense with the flawed image in which everybody should be alike, just like “us,” and believe the same thing theologically, culturally, philosophically, and every other way—embrace the same ideas, vote the same way, live the same way, and think the same way. The Love that is the presence of God, and that is the main component of the church, is for all kinds of persons, all kinds of backgrounds, colors, sizes, shapes, and DNA, and excludes no one.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“Christianity is Love that is made visible. It is Love put into practice. It has always been there all around you. It will always be there. It is there now, waiting to be discovered and enacted.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“The surprisingly uncomplicated truth and substance of the Christian faith, in its simplest form, is this: people gathered together by the power of the Spirit to live a particular way of life, the life of active, unselfish, and life-enriching Love. Their singular intention is to orient life around unconditional, sacrificial Love, and to extend kindness, forgiveness, justice, fairness, and joy into every life and circumstance everywhere. Stripped of its complexities, Christianity’s bottom line is this: Love your neighbor.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“God is Love, but most of the time it is Love that leads us to God rather than the other way around.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think

“When we say we want people to know God, we really mean we want people to know Love. When we say God walked among us as Jesus, we actually mean Love itself walked among us. When we say we want to follow God’s way, we are actually saying we want to follow Love’s way. The Holy Spirit is the continuing inspiring presence of Love.”
― Douglas Heidt, The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think