Jake's quote repository

Jake — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:09:49 +0000

“The allegory of a physical mountain for the spiritual one that stands between each soul and its goal is an easy and natural one to make. Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships.”

- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, p.187

Jake — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:53:18 +0000

“The EM [Emerging Movement] prefers global theological affirmations and the classical creeds rather than denominationally shaped theological creeds, and the reason for this is clear: the EM is a missional shaped ecclesiology that seeks to unite Christians for the sake of unleasing the gospel to change the world, rather than a theological movement designed to demand conformity on specific theological issues.”

- Scot McKnight, “Future or Fad” from The Covenant Companion (February 2005), p.10

Jake — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:46:39 +0000

“To be ‘missional’ means embracing a holistic gospel, which is a gospel for the whole person (heart, soul, mind, and strength), for the whole society (politics, economy, culture, environment), and for the whole world. The missional emphasis focuses on the kingdom of God as taught by Jesus. Being missional means living out the gospel so that the gospel is seen and experienced through that community.”

- Scot McKnight, “Future or Fad” from The Covenant Companion (February 2005), p.8

Jake — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:38:28 +0000

“So what exactly is the emerging movement - or the emerging church as it is sometimes known - all about? It is a conversation about the future direction of the evangelical church in a postmodern world; it’s a reaction and a protest against traditional evangelical churches; and it’s a conversation focused less on theological niceties and more on ‘performing’ the gospel in a local setting.”

- Scot McKnight, “Future or Fad” from The Covenant Companion (February 2005), p.7

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:44:32 +0000

“Changes in season are always so much better when you go through them with someone you love.”

- Tom Lindsley, 2005

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:01:08 +0000

“Of course, in order to practice this style of reading as an art, one thing is above all essential - something that today has been thouroughly forgotten… something for which one almost needs to be a cow, at any rate not a modern man - rumination.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals (1887), trans. by Ian Johnston

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:37:12 +0000

“…They [preachers] were always pointing out how great the specific church was. The bulletin read like a brochure from Amway. They were always saying how life-changing some conference was going to be. Life-changing? What does that mean? It sounded very suspicious. I wish they would just tell it to me straight rather than trying to sell me on everything. I felt like I got bombarded with commercials all week and then went to church and got even more.”

- Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz (2003), p.131

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:27:22 +0000

“I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me.”

- Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz (2003), p.202

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:59:05 +0000

“Although I believe in Jesus as my personal savior, I am not a Christian for that reason. I am a Christian because I believe that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world.”

- Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy (2004), p.100

Jake — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:24:50 +0000

“May we be enabled to say ‘No’ to sin and ‘Yes’ to the sinner.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (1959), p.39