Top 14 Skye Jethani Quotes
#1. The reason, simply put, is that seeking control is not the solution to the human condition but is part of the problem.
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#2. Christian researcher George Barna concludes, "American Christianity has largely failed since the middle of the twentieth century because Jesus' modern-day disciples do not act like Jesus.
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#3. How can a prisoner plot his escape if he doesn't believe a world exists outside the prison walls?
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#4. We ascribe value to him (the literal meaning of the word "worship") based not on who he is, but on what he can do for us.
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#5. Jesus is not laying out another law for us to obey. He's illustrating for us what a truly rehabilitated heart looks like.
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#6. This philosophy of spiritual formation through the consumption of external experiences creates worship junkies - Christians who leap from one mountaintop to another, one spiritual high to another, in search of a glory that does not fade.
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#8. The reason why we look so crazy as Christians is because we see a world that the rest don't see. We see a God-bathed world in which we are perfectly safe. So safe, so set free from fear that we can even love our enemies without thought of the consequences.
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#9. As much as we might want to control God, history has proven that he is notoriously uncooperative.
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#10. In reality, to quote G. K. Chesterton, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried."2 Or perhaps it might be more accurately said of our time that Christianity has not been presented and therefore has been left untried.
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#11. Jesus says God isn't like a gumball machine; he's more like the wind: unpredictable, uncontrollable, no more containable than wind in a bottle.
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#12. But the only thing of value the church has to offer is the gospel. I believe that one result of the emerging Experience Economy will be a longing for authenticity. To the extent that the church stages worldly experiences, it will lose its effectiveness.
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#13. But surrender is only possible if we have total assurance that we are safe. We must be convinced that if we let go we will be caught. This assurance only comes when we trust that our heavenly Father desires to be with us and will not let us fall.
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#14. If imitation is the highest form of flattery, than Christians have become pop culture's most devoted admirers.
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