Michael Green, Evangelism in the Early Church
For us Christians, all truth is “relative,” relative to this Jew named Jesus. We really do not know what the world is, much less where it is headed, until we know him.William H. Willimon, “Postmodern Preaching”
I think if I had to preach week in and week out, especially in a culture saturated with entertainment, I would tack a reminder to myself in the pulpit: “It’s about God, stupid!”William D. Hendricks, Exit Interviews
We should be less concerned about making churches full of people and more concerned about making people full of God.C. Kirk Hadawy and David A. Roozen, The Christian Ministry
God is active in the world at all times—but God acts through people. In Jesus, his Messiah, God acted with finality, and this messianic action of God continues in the church. The church is the place where the messianic renewal of the world, which God began irreversibly in Jesus, must go forward. That is the essence of the church. That is its calling.Gerhard Lohfink, The Work of God Goes On
The scope of who it is that God means to invite to the feast, you see, is not ours to define. We are not put in charge of the guest list.Don S. Skinner, Passage through Sacred History
If rich Christians today would only practice solidarity with poor Christians—let alone the billions of poor people who are not Christians—this in itself would be a powerful missionary testimony.David J. Bosch, Transforming Mission
When the heathen hear God’s oracles on our lips they marvel at their beauty and greatness. But afterwards, when they mark that our deeds are unworthy of the words we utter, they turn from this to scoffing, and say that it is a myth and a delusion.2 Clement 13:4
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Related Elsewhere
Past Reflections columns include:
On Enemies (January 8, 2002)
Life After Christmas (December 26, 2001)
Love & Marriage (November 13, 2001)
The Word of God (October 22, 2001)
Leadership (October 11, 2001)
Suffering (September 13, 2001)
Change (August 14, 2001)
Living Tradition (July 18, 2001)
Sacred Spaces (June 11, 2001)
Friendship (May 17, 2001)
The Cross (Apr. 12, 2001)
The Quotable Stott (Apr. 27, 2001)
