Tony [Campolo] and I might disagree on the details, but I think we are both trying to find an alternative to both… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
A lot of arguments happen among religious and non religious people about the question of who's going to hell and who's going… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I don't think we've got the gospel right yet. What does it mean to be 'saved'? When I read the Bible, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
If Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed were to bump into each other along the road and go have a cup of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I must add, though, that I don't believe making disciples must equal making adherents to the Christian religion. It may be advisable… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?”. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather came to… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I'm so grateful for Living the Questions. These progressive voices offer less rigid and more expansive approaches to Christian faith, and make… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
We should consider the possibility that many, and perhaps even all of Jesus' hell-fire or end-of-the-universe statements refer not to postmortem [after… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Our message and methodology have changed, do change, and must change if we are faithful to the ongoing and unchanging mission of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I hope Jesus will save Buddhism, Islam and every other religion, including the Christian religion, which often seems to need saving… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I was relaxing in my parents' swimming pool with my brotherI asked him how the engineering business was going, and he reciprocated:… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the other. He… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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” — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
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. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: “A… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire? —as quoted… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
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