“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my… — 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… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“This is a book about getting naked—not physically, but spiritually. It’s about stripping away the symbols and status of public religion—the Sunday-dress… — 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
At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make… — 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
Through its appropriation of "texts of terror" and especially through the application of those texts to the Jews, the Christian religion created… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if… — 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
Because we are rooted in a generous Christian heritage, we are eager to collaborate with people of other faiths, and those seeking… — 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
A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice. The… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with… — 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
It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“the only viable response to religious hostility is love, empathy, compassion, understanding—not more hostility. (What could be more pathetic than a hostile… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Because I follow Jesus, then, I am bound to Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, atheists, New Agers, everyone (even religious broadcasters, I… — 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
