Skye Jethani quotes

In a culture that insists on making God small, we can counteract the trend by focusing our imaginations on what is big. (Skye Jethani)
Has the contemporary church been so captivated by the images and methods of the consumer culture that it has forfeited its sacred vocation to be a countercultural agent of God's kingdom in the world? View quote
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How might our perception of God be changed if we turned off the radio station for a few minutes and walked in a thunderstorm? View quote
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Ministries that focus on manufacturing spiritual experiences may actually be retarding spiritual growth by making people experience-dependent. View quote
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The reduction of even sacred things into commodities explains why we exhibit so little reverence for God. In a consumer worldview he has no intrinsic value apart from his usefulness to us. View quote
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Jesus is offering us a holiday at the sea, but we must be willing to abandon our mud pies in the slums. View quote
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Modern people may express outrage at the horrors of the African slave trade or the Holocaust, but in truth the commodification of human beings that made those atrocities possible is more prevalent today than ever before. View quote
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Our longing to pass through the gates of eternity will not be satisfied by any external experience, but by the dwelling of God within. View quote
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Whether by trials of circumstance or by disciplines of choice, we cannot escape our calling to suffer with Christ. View quote
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Commodification has led most people to view God as a device to be used rather than an all-powerful Creator to be revered. View quote
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We must learn to exist in a consumer empire but not forfeit our souls at its altar. (Skye Jethani)
Approaching Christianity as a brand explains why the majority of people who identify themselves as Christians live no differently than other Americans yet spend enormous amounts of money on Christian products. View quote
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Jesus isn't interested in negotiating. He knows that death, the surrendering of our immediate desires, is how we can take hold of an even greater joy. View quote
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Sociologists can no longer differentiate the lives of Christians from non-Christians, or the behavior of churches from corporations. We have abandoned the vision that Christianity is an alternative way. View quote
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Consumer Christianity, while promising to strengthen our souls with an entertaining faith, has left us malnourished with an anemic view of God, faith, church, and mission. View quote
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Connected yet alienated - that is the paradox of our global digital culture. We have access to so many things, yet we are increasingly incapable of seeing those things, or ourselves, in any meaningful context. View quote
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Have we clothed our faith with the forms of our American culture to the point that our Christianity has morphed into something entirely different - a folk religion altogether consumerist in spirit and content? View quote
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The god of Consumer Christianity does not inspire awe and wonder because he is nothing more than a commodity to be used for our personal satisfaction and self-achievement. View quote
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We need to see beyond our culture; we need to peer through the bars of commodification and alienation and catch a glimpse of a God far larger than our circumstances. View quote
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Disciplines teach us to overcome the temptation to gratify our immediate desires so that we may attain a higher one. View quote
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We have all swallowed the cultural punch that believes institutions are both the means and the end of God's mission in the world. (Skye Jethani)
Scripture and tradition tell us that formation into the likeness of Christ, also known as spiritual maturity, is not achieved by always getting what we want. View quote
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Job learned the wisdom of silence before God, but it appears many Christians have abandoned this value in our wordy world. View quote
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We do not desire too much, but too little. View quote
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Let's break free from artificial relationships with unfeeling, uncaring, unloving institutions that cannot contain the unpredictable wind of God's Spirit, and focus instead on building soulish connections with real people filled with the breath of God. View quote
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