“I often feel the pressure, from my peers and others, to come out and “take a stand” on a moral or social issue. Typically, I refuse to do so, or at least I refuse to do so in a way… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Jesus and institutional religion are on a collision course, and those who go with Jesus will find more adventure, freedom, and religion-bursting grace than… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“We preach grace, but we don’t always practice it. We talk about God’s mercy, but we don’t always want the people who need it… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“One of the tragedies of current Christianity in America is that we have so few compelling illustrations of this life that Jesus lived and… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“The objective, according to Jesus, was not to get people inside of heaven, but to get heaven inside of people. An understanding of the… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“When “doctrinal integrity” (a term usually defined by those using it) trumps kindness and grace, faith has wandered out of bounds. Anything claiming to… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Many of us vote under the assumption that if only the right man/woman/party/ideology could get seated in the White House, the Court House, or… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“We in the revivalist tradition have viewed grace only in terms of privatized, individualized spirituality. Give people enough Jesus to save their souls, move… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, as I write and speak on a wide variety of topics, this one subject – Jesus’ way of nonviolence – always generates the… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Because we follow Christ and are citizens in the kingdom of God, the rationale “that’s just the way it is,” is not near enough… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“The good news, as Jesus proclaims it, is not just an evacuation plan to rescue people from earth or the sufferings of the afterlife,… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“To be like God is not to have perfect doctrinal integrity, to get the details of church “right,” or to be religiously and moralistically… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Jesus did not come to start a religion. He came to blow religion off the map. Jesus did not come to tinker with our… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Being a “Christian” – a word used only three times in the New Testament – is not Jesus’ goal for his people. But the… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Violence promises us something we all deeply desire, something we genuinely want; violence promises us peace. Violence promises us, that in the end, when… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
“Jesus is not a white, middle-class Republican. Jesus is not a Democrat, a Libertarian, a Marxist, or a Socialist. Jesus is not a Baptist,… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
