Engage Quotes

“As a person of faith, I do believe that we are stewards of Creation (see Genesis 2: 15), that we are called to care for our planet, to curb our over-consumption, to reduce pollution and waste, to speak up for and act on behalf of the people who are most vulnerable to our changing climate, and to offer greater opportunities for all people to choose healthier lives.”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters

“Creationism is not so much about scientific argument as a call to celebrate and serve God’s good creation.”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters

“Racism might be the most common atheism among Christians today.”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters

“Writing in the context of racial prejudice—as one who marched with Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s—Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel argued that prejudice is atheism, “a treacherous denial of the existence of God.” In other words, prejudice negates any pretence of trying to believe in a God who claims to have made all people in His image. Heschel continues, “Any god who is mine but not yours, any god concerned with me but not with you, is an idol.”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters

“Christianity agrees with Dualism that this universe is at war.”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters

“And Bible reading is an important spiritual practice but I wonder if quantity is everything and I wonder how we might measure the Bible’s effect in our lives. After all, even Ellen White warned that “there is much reading of the Bible that is without profit and in many cases a positive injury.” 1”
― Nathan Brown, Engage: Faith that Matters