The Dreams Get Anchored In

In The Bible, God Uses Brothel Owners, Pagan Kings, Murderers And Mercenaries As Instruments Of Good; At One Point God Even Speaks To A Guy Named Balaam Through His Donkey.

God Doesn't Want To Change The World Without You.

There Are Congregations On Nearly Every Corner. I'm Not Sure We Need More Churches. What We Need Is A Church. I Say One Church Is Better Than Fifty. I Have Tried To Remove The Plural Form Churches From My Vocabulary, Training Myself To Think Of The Church As Christ Did, And As The Early Christians Did. The Metaphors For Her Are Always Singular - A Body, A Bride. I Heard One Gospel Preacher Say It Like This, As He Really Wound Up And Broke A Sweat: "we've Got To Unite Ourselves As One Body. Because Jesus Is Coming Back, And He's Coming Back For A Bride Not A Harem.

Tony Campolo And I Both Speak A Lot, And We Began To Notice That There Were Some Crowds Of Old Folks That Desperately Needed Some Youthful Energy, And There Were Other Crowds Of Young Folks That Desperately Needed Some Aged Wisdom.

I Think They [ Monastic Folks ] Were Going To The Desert To Build A New Society And In A Sense To Build A New World, A New Culture Together Where It Was Easier To Be Good And Holy.