Read, from outside the familiar sources.

"Preachers, teachers, writers, bloggers, pastors, and everybody and anybody in between, please, take the time to read, *at least* one new book a month, and preferably from an author who is presenting you with some new and unfamiliar ideas. Do yourself a favor and turn off TBN and popular, biased Christian media, which is populated by "teachers" and speakers who are coming from only one of the many and varied perspective in the Christian world, and whose theology wouldn't pass even the crudest of theological audits. Put yourself on a strict no-subjective-prophetic-fluff diet, and stay away from those whose exhortations are filled with "God told me" statements. If you, in any way, shape or form, are responsible for teaching others, make the hard decision to not teach on a subject that you've not thoroughly studied from all available angles for at least a few years." 

- Jeff Turner

Imagine That!

"If Evangelical Christianity spent 1/4 as much time focusing on changing hearts through manifesting the unconditional love of God as it does trying to change laws, and infiltrate Government, we might just have a revolution on our hands! 

If we spent even 1% of the energy that we spend debating evolution and trying to defend young earth science on healing wounded hearts, and repenting to the world for treating them like garbage, we might just have a revolution on our hands! 

If we would focus even a fraction of the energy that we spend on fighting the "culture war", on simply preaching Jesus Christ, the earth would shake! 

For far too long we've been propping up this patriotic "gospel" or moralism mated with Americanism. I'm all for morals and godliness, but Christianity is not about fighting culture wars, picketing certain establishments, or seeking to set a man in an oval office. It is about filling the earth with the knowledge of God's glory by selflessly manifesting His love to all we come in contact with! It's time that we saw people instead of political issues again! It's time that we saw human beings with feelings, emotions, and histories, instead of just opponents in a moral showdown. It's time to get the crud out of our eyes so that we can once more see that the Kingdom of God is not about imposing human rules on an unbelieving society, but showing the earth a King who loves them unconditionally, and welcomes them into His arms. 

The Kingdom of God is not about cold, sterile courtrooms, but a warm, and welcoming family room."

- Jeff Turner