Trains, Jesus, and Murder Quotes

“Grace comes to us in the suffering of sin. There is a sermon in the damage we have done to ourselves and to others. Pain becomes the doorway to salvation, and our tears are a bridge for the awful grace of God.”
― Richard Beck, Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel according to Johnny Cash

“As Thomas Frank writes, “We consume not to fit in, but to prove, on the surface at least, that we are rock ’n’ roll rebels, each one of us as rule-breaking and hierarchy-defying as our heroes of the 60s, who now pitch cars, shoes, and beer.”[3] Here in America, all you need to be a rebel is a credit card.”
― Richard Beck, Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel according to Johnny Cash