The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.

What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.

Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one another the truth. We might just create sanctuary.

No coffee shops or fog machines required [for church].

When [Jesus] wanted fully to explain what his forthcoming death was all about He didn't give a theory. He didn't even give them a set of Scriptural texts. He gave them a meal.

Doubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.

The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.