“The great Western empire of today is perfectly happy to have Christianity deconstructed into some form of neoBuddhism or whatever. Whereas, if Jesus actually rose from the dead, then Caesar in the first century and today’s Caesars should be shivering in their shoes, because this is going to make a difference in the real world.”
- Bishop N.T. Wright, The Forum at Grace Cathedral
“If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.”
- William Wilberforce, 1759- 1833, the British abolitionist and subject of the upcoming movie Amazing Grace
“Remember that you belong to God and God does not belong to you.”
- Rev. Larry Pickens, Christian Churches Together
“You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out he hates all the same people you do.”
- Anne Lamott
“I have need to be on fire. I have icebergs to melt.”
- The great abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
“But as I continued to think about the matter, I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist for love?”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter From Birmingham Jail” 1963
