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  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
  • Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.
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A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.

Brian D. McLaren

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - We should consider the possibility that many, and perhaps even all of Jesus’ hell-fire or end-of-the-universe statements refer not to postmortem [after death] judgment but to the very historic consequences of rejecting his kingdom message of reconciliation and peacemaking.

    We should consider the possibility that many, and perhaps even all of Jesus’ hell-fire or end-of-the-universe statements refer not to postmortem [after death] judgment but to the very historic consequences of rejecting his kingdom message of reconciliation and peacemaking.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - Seventh-Gay Adventists isn’t just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully with the issue of homosexuality.

    Seventh-Gay Adventists isn’t just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully with the issue of homosexuality.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn. Download This Image

    When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways – in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters.

    Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways – in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - I googled some pictures of sundials to check that it was the tall shadow casting bit (it is) and then discovered that Saint Sulpice in Paris has a rather fascinating large gnomon- which I shall endeavour to see on my next visit to that fair city. Thanks for such a great word, which I shall try to remember.

    I googled some pictures of sundials to check that it was the tall shadow casting bit (it is) and then discovered that Saint Sulpice in Paris has a rather fascinating large gnomon- which I shall endeavour to see on my next visit to that fair city. Thanks for such a great word, which I shall try to remember.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - The thing I love about The Beatitudes Society is they represent faith and intelligence on fire and there’s enthusiasm and passion and a realization that a more open and progressive approach to faith is something to celebrate.

    The thing I love about The Beatitudes Society is they represent faith and intelligence on fire and there’s enthusiasm and passion and a realization that a more open and progressive approach to faith is something to celebrate.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice. Download This Image

    A friend of mine says that in the world of religion we often have ignorance on fire and intelligence on ice.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - I was relaxing in my parents’ swimming pool with my brother, Peter. I asked him how the engineering business was going, and he reciprocated: ‘How’s the ministry world going?’

    I was relaxing in my parents’ swimming pool with my brother, Peter. I asked him how the engineering business was going, and he reciprocated: ‘How’s the ministry world going?’

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - Our networks of dialogue and action thus extend beyond Christian communities to persons of all faiths, as well as to communities that are not themselves faith-based. We welcome allies and allegiances wherever we find common cause. Download This Image

    Our networks of dialogue and action thus extend beyond Christian communities to persons of all faiths, as well as to communities that are not themselves faith-based. We welcome allies and allegiances wherever we find common cause.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or in poetry. Download This Image

    We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or in poetry.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, seekers on one ultimate quest? Download This Image

    And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, seekers on one ultimate quest?

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Similarly, believing an alternative and transforming framing story may turn out to be the most radical thing any of us can ever do. Download This Image

    So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Similarly, believing an alternative and transforming framing story may turn out to be the most radical thing any of us can ever do.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - I think it changes everything. You can say the same creed that you said before, but now it’s not a creed that grasps God in the fist of the words, but it’s a creed that points up to a beauty that’s beyond anybody’s grasp.

    I think it changes everything. You can say the same creed that you said before, but now it’s not a creed that grasps God in the fist of the words, but it’s a creed that points up to a beauty that’s beyond anybody’s grasp.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - …the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never truly enjoys them. One has without truly having. The consumer is right-there is pleasure to be had in good things. Download This Image

    …the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never truly enjoys them. One has without truly having. The consumer is right-there is pleasure to be had in good things.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.

    A shared reappraisal of Jesus’ message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue – and it doesn’t seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian D. McLaren Quote - I don’t think we’ve got the gospel right yet.I don’t think the liberals have it right. But I don’t think we have it right either. None of us has arrived at orthodoxy. Download This Image

    I don’t think we’ve got the gospel right yet.I don’t think the liberals have it right. But I don’t think we have it right either. None of us has arrived at orthodoxy.

    BRIAN D. MCLAREN