Skye Jethani quotes - page 3

We are more than our base desires, and our lives are not sustained by gratifying them. (Skye Jethani)
When we expect transformation to occur through external experiences, we are opting for an inferior model of spiritual formation. View quote
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Consumerism has created a culture that values style over substance, image over reality, and perception over performance. View quote
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It is recognizing God's eternality that liberates our minds from their consumer inclination to reduce him to a commodity. View quote
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Ironically, it is often our zeal to protect our faith that leads to its loss. View quote
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Wanting to obey Christ but lacking his imagination, we reinterpret the mission of the church through the only framework comprehendible to us--the one we've inherited from our consumer culture. View quote
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History has shown syncretism to the culture is a chronic ailment of the church. View quote
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In a consumer culture "incarnating Christ" no longer carries an expectation of Christians loving God and their neighbors; but rather the perpetual consumption of Christian merchandise. View quote
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We have a certainty about God and his ways that leads us to replace the mystery of faith with manageable spiritual formulas. View quote
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By conducting a media fast - turning off the television, radio, and computer - we stop the influx of poison that keeps us buying and desiring more. View quote
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If we are to effectively make disciples of Jesus Christ and teach them to obey everything he commanded, we cannot neglect the imagination. (Skye Jethani)
Consumerism is the dominant worldview of North Americans. As such, it is competing with the kingdom of heaven for the hearts and imaginations of God's people. View quote
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Rather than pursuing our calling to present a vision of a world filled with God's power and love, the contemporary church merely presents the world as a two-dimensional facsimile of the consumer culture, albeit with a Jesus fish imprint. View quote
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We've been conditioned to avoid silence at all costs lest we be confronted with our own inner chaos. View quote
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The abundance of our definitive words about God shows that we don't view him as a great mystery anymore, but as a sterile calculation without ambiguity or obscurity. View quote
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Divine agnosticism, the sort I'm advocating, affirms the existence of God but then acknowledges our human inability to fully grasp his infinite nature. View quote
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Christ's true people are branded with love. View quote
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The personification of institutions in our culture means the institutional church, rather than the flesh-and-blood people of God, has become the vehicle of God's mission in the world. This is salvation via institution, paradise via programs. View quote
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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. View quote
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Consumer Christianity seeks to construct programs to capture God's power and produce predetermined outcomes, rather than surrender to the mysterious movement of God's grace which, like the wind or fire, is beyond our control. View quote
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The influence of consumerism has led us to confuse institutions for people, means for the mission, and programs for the Spirit's power. (Skye Jethani)