Faith Quotes by Brian D. McLaren

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We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old…

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The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the…

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What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if…

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A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice. The…

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You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with…

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“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my religion. I”

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“If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you, orthodoxy isn’t a list of correct doctrines, but rather the doxa in orthodoxy, which means “thinking” or “opinion,” then the lifelong pursuit of expanding thinking and deepening, broadening opinions about God sounds like a delight, a…

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That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream.

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“The wise preacher of Ecclesiastes might say, “There is a time for everything—a time to be laid-back and a time to be outraged; a time to be tolerant and a time to stand up and say, ‘I’m not going to take this anymore.’” The challenge for all fighters, of course, is to be sure they find out what is now…

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Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt…

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“There’s a lot of dirty theology out there, the religious counterpart to dirty politics and dirty business, I suppose. You might call it spiritual pornography—a kind of for-profit exploitative nakedness. It’s found in many of the same places as physical pornography (the Internet and cable TV for starters), and it promises similar things: instant intimacy, fantasy and make-believe, private voyeurism…

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“For me, Carol, we can't be faithful to God unless we're faithful to the facts, faithful to the data if you will. And so,…

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The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: “A…

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“A generous orthodoxy is like that. It acknowledges that we’re all a mess. It sees in our worst failures the possibility of our deepest repentance and God’s opening for our most profound healing. It remembers Jesus’ parable that wherever God sows good seed, “an enemy” will sow weed seeds. It realizes that you can’t pull up the bad without uprooting…

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“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire? —as quoted…

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“globalism (for better or worse) transforms personal and ethnic identities, creating hyphenated and cosmopolitan identities—in which people consider themselves first and foremost citizens of…

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