“If the church is to survive as a place where head and heart are equal partners in faith, then we will need to commit ourselves once again not to the worship of Christ, but to the imitation of Jesus. His… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“...the ongoing suspicion that scientific discoveries or rigorous biblical scholarship will undermine faith is a tacit admission that faith is threatened by knowledge, because it is ultimately constructed on weak or faulty assumptions and, like the proverbial house of cards,… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Books -- they come home hot in your hands and then by increments they warm your life, like heated bricks in a New England… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“...a deep and even paranoid suspicion continues to disparage higher criticism of the Bible, as if someone could publish a paper that would unravel… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“In the beginning, the call of God was not propositional. It was experiential. (p. 10)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Augustine said, “The soul makes war with the body,” but Meister Eckhart said, “The soul loves the body.” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Count calories if you like, but go ahead and gorge yourself on books. What have you got to lose but a small mind?” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“After centuries of being told that “Jesus saves,” the time has come to save Jesus from the church. If the door is locked, we… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Conversation is how values get ordered, how passion is made contagious. If a parent talks about it, it's important. If a child is allowed… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Faith is always supposed to make it harder, not easier, to ignore the plight of our sisters and brothers. (p. 165)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“If the church is to survive as a place where head and heart are equal partners in faith, then we will need to commit… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
“Contemporary Christians have declared war on individual immorality but seem remarkably silent about the evil of systems, especially corporate greed and malfeasance. (p. 176)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
