I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“To live [in the church] at the beck and call of marketing logic is to live in slavery.” — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder if God calls us into the church because it represents not the people of God at their best but… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people live not… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in numbers and… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
To paraphrase Paul, God often uses the cheesy to confound the sophisticated. He regularly honors those who are confused about his leading as if… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“What we feel and how we feel is far more important than what we think and how we think. Feeling is the stuff of… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience. — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom," says Paul. And we are most in line with the Spirit, most faithfully obedient,… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who lives one… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
God's love for us is uncoerced and so freely given that it does not demand a response. But so freely is it given that… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“In our desire to be real we start thinking that authenticity is another word for spontaneity, as if everything we say at the spur… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also play a… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
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