Beautiful Resistance Quotes

“Sometimes we hear about churches having honor cultures, but they rarely seem to be cultures where everyone is honored. The power dynamics work in such a way that the honor flows uphill to the senior leaders. Honor seems to work much as it would in the world. The most visible receive the most glory; the most gifted, the most attention.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“instead of being a people who have good news to share, news that could transform the world, we have become a people mired in the twenty-four-hour news cycle, fed a constant diet of hopelessness and despair. Our ability to dismiss the work of God in the church has become toxic. We are plagued by a lack of expectation and have begun to believe that this is all there is.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“The scars on my soul come from the church, as does the joy that has come to define me. Leading in the church has been the source of both the trauma and the consolations in my life.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“The joy and satisfaction that come from being faithful to Christ will always be richer than the mere ease that comes from drifting along the cultural currents.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“Deep in our hearts, we feel sick about the hostility, dishonor, and disdain in our world. A kind of collective fatigue manifests itself in our disgust for our culture. We are exhausted by the devaluing of others but feel powerless to stop. I feel this at times after I am done looking at social media. There is so much condescension and so much anger. I feel both grieved and overwhelmed. I want to lash out, but I don’t exactly know how. We don’t know how to change the channel of contempt. Unity feels like a pipe dream, and healing, out of reach. Our hearts are grieved by the failure of the church as well. The way we devalue people for their theology or lack of it, different practices and traditions, and struggles with sin. Our vision of God has been lowered, his power is scarce, and his love is a rumor that’s been chased away. I believe there is a cure for the cancer of contempt: honor.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“As A. J. Swoboda so beautifully said, “Sabbath is a scheduled weekly reminder that we are not what we do; rather, we are who we are loved by.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“Under the care of the Good Shepherd, our souls will be restored. Under the shepherding of our culture, our souls will be destroyed.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise

“Discipleship must be stronger than cultural formation. Loyalty must be stronger than compromise. This must be stronger than that. The times called for a beautiful resistance.”
― Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise