Radical - Chapter Three

Here are some quotes from chapter three of Radical. This has become a book that I hate to read but I also love to read because of the challenging and humbling perspective that is offered.

"While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God."

"God puts his people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness."

"We have convinced ourselves that if we can position our resources and organize our strategies, then in church as in every other sphere of life, we can accomplish anything we set our minds to."

"We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community."

"A church could have all the man-made resources that one could imagine, but apart from the power of the Holy Spirit, such a church will do nothing of significance for the glory of God."