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> [“Hospitality isn’t just about welcoming sinners; it’s also about welcoming people we think are idiots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/hospitality-isn-t-just-about-welcoming-sinners-it-s-also-about/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

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## More by Richard Beck

> [“We don’t mind swallowing what is on the “inside.” But we are disgusted by swallowing something that is “outside,” even if that something was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/we-don-t-mind-swallowing-what-is-on-the-inside-but-we-are-disgusted/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“these are the sorts of experiences in life that make us feel most vulnerable: Standing over my children while they are sleeping. Acknowledging how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/these-are-the-sorts-of-experiences-in-life-that-make-us-feel-most/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Whenever you hear someone say that they love God more than human beings watch out, because that person is about to hurt somebody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/whenever-you-hear-someone-say-that-they-love-god-more-than-human/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Jesus was in a battle with Satan, and if we want to follow Jesus we have to fight the battle that Jesus fought. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/jesus-was-in-a-battle-with-satan-and-if-we-want-to-follow-jesus-we/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Being a parent is joyful, but it's also haunted by the specter of loss.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/being-a-parent-is-joyful-but-it-s-also-haunted-by-the-specter-of-loss/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Hospitality isn’t just about welcoming sinners; it’s also about welcoming people we think are idiots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/hospitality-isn-t-just-about-welcoming-sinners-it-s-also-about/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Basically, a satan is more of a relationship than a person. Anything that is facing you in an antagonistic or adversarial way—working against you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/basically-a-satan-is-more-of-a-relationship-than-a-person-anything/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Satan names that which is working against God and God’s kingdom in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/satan-names-that-which-is-working-against-god-and-god-s-kingdom-in/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Power Breeds Satans As Bob Sutton points out, assholes are created because we are all so easily corrupted by hierarchy and asymmetries in power.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/power-breeds-satans-as-bob-sutton-points-out-assholes-are-created/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Ponder a curious fact about the witness of the early Christians in light of our tendency to focus on electoral politics as the weapon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/ponder-a-curious-fact-about-the-witness-of-the-early-christians-in/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“The trouble with the Devil is that we see him in the faces of those we hate, justifying our violence toward them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/the-trouble-with-the-devil-is-that-we-see-him-in-the-faces-of-those/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“Specifically, how are we to draw the boundaries of exclusion and inclusion in the life of the church? Sacrifice—the purity impulse—marks off a zone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/specifically-how-are-we-to-draw-the-boundaries-of-exclusion-and/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“The kingdom of God is the hard, intimate, and sweaty work of simply getting along with people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/the-kingdom-of-god-is-the-hard-intimate-and-sweaty-work-of-simply/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“The goal of resistance wasn’t simply to topple Hitler. Resistance had to be a way of life, the only way to live as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/the-goal-of-resistance-wasn-t-simply-to-topple-hitler-resistance-had/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

> [“It’s the same problem we struggle with when it comes to marginalizing our privilege, power, or position as we focus on the voices and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-beck/it-s-the-same-problem-we-struggle-with-when-it-comes-to-marginalizing/)

[Richard Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-beck/)

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