...a deep and even paranoid suspicion continues to...... Quote by "Robin R. Meyers"

...a deep and even paranoid suspicion continues to disparage higher criticism of the Bible, as if someone could publish a paper that would unravel God. (p. 151)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

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In the beginning, the call of God was not propositional. It was experiential. (p. 10)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Tags: faith

Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Tags: faith, anti-intellectualismlism

If the church is to survive as a place where head and heart are equal partners in faith, then we will need to commit ourselves once again not to the worship of Christ, but to the imitation of Jesus. His invitation was not to believe, but to follow. (p. 145)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Tags: the-church, jesus, faith, christ

Faith is always supposed to make it harder, not easier, to ignore the plight of our sisters and brothers. (p. 165)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Tags: struggle, faith

Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need more people who live as if they are in covenant with Unconditional Love, which is our best definition of God. (p. 21)
— Robin R. Meyers Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Tags: unconditional-love, theology, love, faith, apologetics