“The Bible isn't a rule book. It's a love letter. I'm not an employee. I'm a child. It's not about my performance. It's about Jesus' performance for me. Grace isn't there for some future me but for the real me.… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“We children of God have been acting the same since the beginning of time toward our Father God. Yet he invites us to enjoy him and all that is his. Like both the older and younger brothers, we must learn… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“So what do we do then? What do you do when the only thing you want to do is yell at God and tell… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Trying to live without community is like trying to live without oxygen. We weren't created to do it.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
There are some dudes who pressure her even when she says stop it. Your not a man you are just a boy that can… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Without the rain there is no beauty in the summer. Rain gives depth, it gives beauty, and it gives roots. If a plant is… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“We all come in with baggage. We all come in trying to find our way. We all come in with broken edges.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“When I was trying to earn Jesus by being good, I missed the real Jesus who wants us to love him and serve him… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Even though there are few to no credible passages—properly interpreted—in Scripture that call things such as alcohol and tattoos utterly sinful, some fundamentalists insist… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Isn't that the story for many of us in America? Christianity is our default setting.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“The Bible isn't a rule book. It's a love letter. I'm not an employee. I'm a child. It's not about my performance. It's about… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“I realized we had created a Jesus who's safe for the whole family. But if we were honest, we'd ask, how is a homeless… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phone, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
