“Like Jesus, the apostle Paul was capable of great tenderness. The thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians, even after two millennia, is still stirring, and relevant. It is hard to believe that touching chapter was written by the same man who urged those who disagreed with his theology to castrate themselves (see Galatians 5:12). This reveals [...]
“We have expended many resources, and created no small amount of ill will, when we have valued orthodoxy over practice. If we in the church were serous about honoring Jesus, conducting ourselves as he did would be our chief concern.” –Philip Gulley
“But 39,000 Christian denominations . . . that means there are now at least 39,000 answers to the question, “What does it mean to be Christian?” And even within a single denomination, there isn’t one agreed-upon definition of Christianity, so there are more accurately millions of different understandings about what it means to be Christian. [...]
“It is apparent, after several millennia of experimentation, that the Ten Commandments we Christians all know and love and want to hang in courtrooms haven’t lived up to their billing. We’re still coveting, fornicating, and stealing, and seeming to enjoy it more than ever. So I’ve suggested ten new standards around which we can orient [...]