Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day.
Brian D. McLarenWhat if Jesus' secret message reveals a secret plan?โ. What if he didn't come to start a new religion-but rather came to start a political, social, religious, artistic, economic, intellectual, and spiritual revolution that would give birth to a new world?
Brian D. McLarenOur message and methodology have changed, do change, and must change if we are faithful to the ongoing and unchanging mission of Jesus Christ.
Brian D. McLarenScripture is something God had โlet be,โ and so it is at once Godโs creation and the creation of the dozens of people and communities and cultures who produced it.
Brian D. McLaren... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?
Brian D. McLarenAt their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed, pressuring us to cover up more, pushing us to further enhance our image with the best designer labels and latest spiritual fads, weighing us down with layer upon layer of heavy, uncomfortable, pretentious, well-starched religiosity.
Brian D. McLaren