Jesus Wants to Save Christians

Here are some great quotes from this book by Rob Bell and Don Golden.

"Writer Anne Lamott says that the most powerful sermon in the world is two words: 'Me too.' Me too. When you're struggling, when you're hurting, wounded, limping, doubting, questioning, barely hanging on, moments away from another relapse, and somebody can identify with you -- someone knows the temptations that at your door, somebody has felt the pain that you are feeling, when someone can look you in the eyes and say, 'Me too,' and they actually mean it -- it can save you" (pg 151).

"The way of Jesus is the path of descent. It's about our death. It's our willingness to join the world in its suffering, it's our participation in the new humanity, it's our weakness calling out to others in their weakness" (pg 158)

"... church is not ultimately about attending large gatherings. Church is people. People who live a certain way in the world. People who have authority in the world, but authority that comes from breaking themselves open and pouring themselves out so that the world will be healed. The authority that the church has in culture does not come from how right, cool, or loud it is, or how convinced it is of its doctrinal superiority" (pgs 160-61)

"The Eucharist is about people with the power empowering the powerless to make a better life for themselves" (pg 164)

"A church is an organization that exists for the benefit of non-members. The blessing extends even to our enemies" (pg 166).