"Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who……" — Brian D. McLaren
"Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who joyfully celebrated killing carries an irony that I hope will not be lost on us. Are we learning anything, or simply spinning harder in the cycle of violence?"
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36 Quotes by Brian D. McLaren
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Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.
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Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I…
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Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by…
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To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and…
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It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself…
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The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON…
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Tony [Campolo] and I might disagree on the details, but I think we are both trying to find an alternative…
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What if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?”. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather…
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The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you…
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Jesus doesn’t dominate the other, avoid the other, colonize the other, intimidate the other, demonize the other, or marginalize the…
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Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More…
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One of the things that's happening to a lot of us is that there's this vision of the beauty of…
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