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A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey QUOTES

A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey QUOTES

1 " Our interpretations reveal less about God or the Bible than they do about ourselves. They reveal what we want to defend, what we want to attack, what we want to ignore, what we’re unwilling to question. "

― Brian D. McLaren , A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

2 " [In the story of the Good Samaritan,] everybody knows the robber is bad--but doesn't Jesus also imply an indictment on the priest and Levite? . . . The priest and Levite are over here. They are 'righteous' in a superficial way. They don't rob anybody. They're not like that lousy criminal who is over here, on the bad end of the line. Do you see it? That's the line we modern Christians try to live on the right end of it . . . The Samaritan traveler lives on a higher level, altogether. The issue isn't who is wrong or righteous; that's obvious. The issue is who is truly good. "

― Brian D. McLaren , A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

3 " To be truly good means more than not robbing people . . . To be truly good means more than being righteously religious . . . To be truly good means being a good neighbor. . . . And to be a good neighbor means recognizing that there are ultimately no strangers. . . . Everybody is my neighbor! . . . Everybody is my brother! . . . There are no isolated monads wounded on the other side of the street! . . . We're all connected. "

― Brian D. McLaren , A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

4 " If I could seriously ponder ending my life, then I can do anything. I can change anything in my life. So instead of ending my life altogether, I’ll end my life as I’ve been living it and start a new kind of life. I can now see a third alternative to the status quo and suicide. "

― Brian D. McLaren , A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey