Traditional Christian believers frequently mention the analogy of the frog that is so slowly and gradually boiled in a kettle of water that it dies before ever realizing what is going on. Yet many believers fail to realize that the very same thing is happening to them as they tell that story. How else do you explain the rapid rise of the “new gospel” movement with hardly a word of concern within the Church about what’s been happening? As “new gospel” advocates continue to publish bestselling books and flock to the airwaves in ever-increasing numbers to advance their cause, there is a strange silence in Christendom. Does the Church have any idea what is going on?
Warren Smith (via wisdomfish)
Warren Smith (via wisdomfish)
via wisdomfish
Whoever still heeds his own opinion, cannot come to Truth. That he may not love this or the other view more than any other because of his own especial individual qualities. As long as he stands on this standpoint, it is impossible for the true secrets of the world to reveal themselves to him. He must pursue knowledge quite individually, but his individuality must develop so far, that it no longer has anything personal, i.e., anything of his own peculiar sympathies and antipathies. Whoever still has any preference for these or the other ideas and views, whoever can incline to this or the other because of his education or temperament, will never recognise objective truth.
R. Steiner (via spiritualityisrealit)
R. Steiner (via spiritualityisrealit)
via spiritualityisrealit
Serving people is the only way people’s perceptions of the church are ever going to change. This is why it is so toxic for the Gospel when Christians picket and boycott and complain about how bad the world is…why blame dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.
Rob Bell (via haereticum)
Rob Bell (via haereticum)
via haereticum
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