Being the Bad Guys Quotes

“Signing up to Team Jesus in AD 50 resulted in the same cultural rejection as it does now.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“There is no “glory now, never suffer” option for those who would remain faithful to God.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“If the church is bred on a diet of self-help books that try to convince us that God’s intention is to make our lives as smooth as possible, we will be suckers in a hostile world.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“Sayers says that our progressive culture seeks the “kingdom without the King”.[4] The ambition is to replicate the kingdom vision of the good life—a future world of human rights, dignity, freedom, love and equality—but all without Jesus at the centre. And,”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“Being besotted with Jesus may bring scorn, but he is still our best asset! What if being seen as “the weirdo” is actually our strength?”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”[1]”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“The two things we fear losing the most are certainty and comfort.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“Adam and Eve’s problem was not so much the desire to have a knowledge of good and evil but their refusal to trust God’s words for it. They fast-tracked the process, or so they thought. That was the disobedience.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“Meanwhile, the flip side—moving from open homosexuality to celibacy or, worse, heterosexuality—is viewed as inauthentic at the extreme.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“When the actual victims of the culture start looking for grace and solace from its bruising brutality, we should make it easy for them to conclude that we have been the ones to provide that all along.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“Our time would be better spent preparing for what I believe will be a tsunami of the broken and wounded who wash up on our shores.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

“We’re at a critical juncture. We must future-proof ourselves. So creating alternative education systems which are not hostile to the gospel, for example, is a good idea. However, engagement with the culture should continue. If we are to establish alternative institutions and workplaces that operate around a Christian ethic, we must not do so just for ourselves. There are plenty of non-Christian neighbours and professionals who will also be worn out by the secular culture and seeking an alternative.”
― Stephen McAlpine, Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't