"So we must realize this: the suicidal framing……" — Brian D. McLaren
"So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Similarly, believing an alternative and transforming framing story may turn out to be the most radical thing any of us can ever do."
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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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