The Anticipated Christ Quotes

“The kingdom of heaven is nonviolent, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be opposed with violence by those who seek to shape the world through lethal force.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“When we speak the name of Jesus, we speak the name of God’s salvation. When we believe in the name of Jesus, we believe in the salvation of God. When we call upon the name of Jesus, we call upon the salvation of God. So whether we speak it as Jesus in English or Y’shua in Hebrew or Iesous in Greek or Jezui in Albanian or Iisus in Russian or Gesa in Italian or Yesu in Korean, in this holy name we name our salvation.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“We believe in the infallible, inerrant Word of God…and his name is Jesus! We cherish the inspired text that is the Bible because it infallibly points us to Jesus. We are not called to believe in the Bible so much as we are called to believe in the one to whom the Bible testifies.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“Salvation is not based on theological acumen; salvation is based entirely on trust. Salvation is not found in believing the right things, but in trusting the right person.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“This is exactly what we are doing during Advent—we are preparing our hearts for a new arrival of Christ in our lives. We are lifting up the valleys of our low view of others; we are bringing down the mountains of pride; we are smoothing out our rough and uncharitable attitudes, all in preparation to receive the Word of God into our lives in a new way.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“And that’s what Advent is for—learning to wait for God. In our high-tech, high-speed, high-stress age, we’re not very good at waiting—it feels too much like doing nothing. But it’s not doing nothing. As we wait, we slowly become contemplative enough to discern what God is doing. Unless we intentionally cultivate some contemplative slowness in our soul, it doesn’t matter if God acts, because we will most likely miss it.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“The Bible is not really an encyclopedia of God-facts or a journal of divine jurisprudence, it is primarily the epic story of God’s ultimate triumph over evil.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

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― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

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― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“In his Unspoken Sermons George MacDonald writes, Sad, indeed, would the matter be, if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever unfolding revelation of God. It is Christ “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” not the Bible, save as leading to him.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“We can find many things in the Bible that we cannot find in Christ. Wars of conquest, ethnic cleansing, the institution of slavery, capital punishment, and women held as property are all things present in the Bible but absent in Jesus. If we go to the Bible to find the light of truth, the Bible will faithfully point us to the True Light who is Jesus Christ.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“It’s amazing how angry some people can become if you try to take away their religion of revenge.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“I know no better atonement theory than this: By his wounds we are healed.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas

“Unless we intentionally cultivate some contemplative slowness in our soul, it doesn’t matter if God acts, because we will most likely miss it.”
― Brian Zahnd, The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas