With the mistaken view of God as a Punisher-in-Chief that most Christians seem to hold, we think our own violence is necessary and even good. But there is no such thing as redemptive violence. Violence doesn’t save; it only destroys all parties in both the short and...
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. from Letter from a Region in My Mind
Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
If God doesn't give up on us, we had better not despair of ourselves. We can always do better--especially if we remember the opposite of despair is not optimism but hope. Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts. But...
Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with his gracious presence.--------------------------------Gender-neutral version: Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with God's gracious presence.
Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up...
White supremacy is evil...the apostle John wrote to the church that we cannot possibly love a God that we cannot see if we do not love our brothers and sisters who we can see.
People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do.
The human dilemma is this: God is holy, and we are not. God is righteous, and we are not.
We will pay money to go to church to hear a Christian Artist sing about God, but we won't go to church for free to meet with God in a prayer meeting.