“After centuries of being told that “Jesus saves,” the time has come to save Jesus from the church. If the door is locked, we will break in through the windows. If anyone forbids us to approach the table, we will… — 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
“...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
“In the beginning, the call of God was not propositional. It was experiential. (p. 10)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share
“Augustine said, “The soul makes war with the body,” but Meister Eckhart said, “The soul loves the body.” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“The most twisted but perennial of American myths is that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. (p. 174)” — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share
“...the ongoing suspicion that scientific discoveries or rigorous biblical scholarship will undermine faith is a tacit admission that faith is threatened by knowledge, because… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share
“Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share
