“We are mad if we imagine that the God of love revealed in Jesus will bless us in waging war.” — Brian Zahnd God love Copy Share Image
“It’s not enough to believe in Jesus; we also have to believe in the Jesus way!” — Brian Zahnd Believe Copy Share Image
“Christian happiness is based in the conviction that because of the accomplishments of Christ, the future is a friend.” — Brian Zahnd Faith Copy Share Image
“It’s so hard for us to let go of the sword and take the hand of the crucified one.” — Brian Zahnd Crucified Copy Share Image
“There is a sense in which we create religion as a category to keep Jesus from meddling with our cherished ideas about… — Brian Zahnd Freedom Copy Share Image
“(At this point some readers are quite likely to close this book and never open it again … but I hope you… — Brian Zahnd Book Copy Share Image
“The fall of communism had more to do with prayer meetings in Poland than bombs dropped on Cambodia.” — Brian Zahnd Communism Copy Share Image
“Satan never tempted Jesus with evil; Satan tempted Jesus with good. Satan enticed Jesus to go ahead and do good and to… — Brian Zahnd Copy Share Image
“The question “What are you willing to die for?” is not the same question as “What are you willing to kill for?”… — Brian Zahnd Willing to die Copy Share Image
“I learned that it is much easier to unite people around a Jesus who hates our enemies and blesses our wars than… — Brian Zahnd War Copy Share Image
“The cross is shock therapy for a world addicted to solving its problems through violence. The cross shocks us into the devastating… — Brian Zahnd Cross Copy Share Image
“The problem with our “change the world” rhetoric is that it is too often a thinly veiled grasp for power and a… — Brian Zahnd Adventure Copy Share Image
“We forget that when we see Christ dead upon the cross, we discover a God who would rather die than kill his… — Brian Zahnd Believe in jesus Copy Share Image
“on the first Palm Sunday. It happened a hundred and fifty years ago in America. It continues to happen today. If we… — Brian Zahnd Palm sunday Copy Share Image
“In short the problem is this: far too few who believe in the risen Christ actually believe in his revolutionary ideas. There… — Brian Zahnd Religion Copy Share Image
“Christianity’s first apostles evangelized, not by trying to sign people up for an apocalyptic evacuation, but by announcing the arrival of a… — Brian Zahnd Apostles Copy Share Image
“After 1945 we lost our blind faith in the inevitability of human progress. A threshold was crossed, and something important changed when… — Brian Zahnd Annihilation Copy Share Image
“The appropriate response to this gospel proclamation is to rethink everything in the light of the risen and ascended Christ and live… — Brian Zahnd Christianity Copy Share Image
“Conscripting Jesus to a nationalistic agenda creates a grotesque caricature of Christ that the church must reject—now more than ever! Understanding Jesus… — Brian Zahnd Peace Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the best way to understand the book of Revelation is that it is a prophetic critique of civil religion. By civil… — Brian Zahnd Book of revelation Copy Share Image
“Jesus said his disciples would be known for their love, not for their placards of protest and angry letters to the editor.” — Brian Zahnd Christ Copy Share Image
“The spiritual experience of expressing a shared hostility can even be confused for the Holy Spirit … because of how it feels.” — Brian Zahnd Holy spirit Copy Share Image
“I pledge no allegiance to elephants or donkeys, only to the Lamb.” — Brian Zahnd Lamb Copy Share Image
“Salvation is a restoration project, not an evacuation project! Or as Thomas Merton put it, “Eschatology is not an invitation to escape… — Brian Zahnd Eschatology Copy Share Image
“Because while we believe in Jesus as Savior of the private soul, we remain largely unconvinced about his ideas for saving the… — Brian Zahnd Believe in jesus Copy Share Image
“Jesus is not a heavenly conductor handing out tickets to heaven. Jesus is the carpenter who repairs, renovates, and restores God’s good… — Brian Zahnd Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Ultimately we cannot eliminate enemies through violence—violence only multiplies enemies. The only way to eliminate enemies is to love them, forgive them,” — Brian Zahnd Copy Share Image
“Laboring in the name of Jesus to make the world a better place does not undermine faith in the Second Coming; rather… — Brian Zahnd Better place Copy Share Image
“we eventually have to ask ourselves what did Jesus intend and when do we need to turn the other cheek? If our… — Brian Zahnd Believe in jesus Copy Share Image
