The church should be the most innovative organization on the planet. We should be the first ones to be experimenting with new technology, ideas, and strategies. Sadly we've given our innovation away to places like Apple and our creativity to places like Disney.
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.'' What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.
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Brennan Manning
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
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Anne Lamott
It's time we capture our imaginations for Christ
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Peter E. Gillquist
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.
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Sue Monk Kidd
The Lord doesn't want anybody in His house who has to be dragged there.
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Frank D. Gilroy
More Quotes By Braden Pedersen
If I had the authority to pick and choose who gets to know Christ as Savior, that would make me God. Thank the one true God that I am not.
If not from eternal separation from God, what exactly are we saving people from?
I don't think that we should waste our time criticizing other people. Self-criticism allows us to be the best version of ourselves.
Those who criticize the innovative concept of multi-site churches must also remember that at one point stained glass and hymnals were new as well.
There is no 'big sin' or 'little sin', it's just sin.
