“One of my favorite things about following Jesus is I get to drop the act, admit I'm not good enough, walk in freedom-and that's good news.” — 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
