#generationsforeternity

[berthabresler16]

Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I can feel the Spirit whisper to me, You tell me why we allow this to happen. You are my body, my hands, my feet. It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom. If we were to set out to establish a religion in polar opposition to the Beatitudes Jesus taught, it would look strikingly similar to the pop Christianity that has taken over the airwaves of this world. #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #Homeless #Hungry #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #India #Travel

[berthabresler16]

God, who loved evidoers so much He died for them, teaching us that there is something worth dying for but nothing worth killing for. Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs, we only have celebrities. #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #Homeless #Hungry #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #India #Travel (at New Delhi, India)

[berthabresler16]

Christianity can be built around isolating ourselves from evildoers and sinners, creating a community of religious piety and moral purity. That’s the Christianity I grew up with. Christianity can also be built around joining with the broken sinners and evildoers of our world crying out to God, groaning for grace. That’s the Christianity I have fallen in love with. I've learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology can ever teach me. It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle. Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, triumphal, and powerful. #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #Homeless #Hungry #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #India #Travel (at Kota, India)

[berthabresler16]

There is a beautiful moment in the Bible when the prophet Elijah feels God's presence. The scriptures say that a great and wonderful wind tore the mountains apart, but God was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but God was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came fire but God was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. It was the whisper of God. Today we can hear the whisper where we least expect it: in a baby refugee and in a homeless rabbi, in crack addicts and displaced children, in a groaning creation. In the words that Indian activist and author Arundhati Roy proclaimed at the World Social Forum in Brazil, "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." The whisper cried out for God to save the church from us Christians and breathe new life into the aging Body. - The Irresistible Revolution #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #BlackAndWhite #SeaPoint #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

[berthabresler16]

Nothing is more dangerous than to live out the will of God in today's contemporary world. It changes your whole monetary lifestyle. To put it simply: If Jesus had R1 million and knew about the people who are suffering and dying on the streets, what kind of car would He buy? I don't know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass windows and feeding starving folks, I have a feeling He'd choose the starving folks. #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #Homeless #Hungry #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #India #Travel

[berthabresler16]

"When the darkness of our world, and all of the fears we hold in that darkness, are pierced by the light of God's love and by the possibility that God has other ideas in mind for how we are to live, something liberating happens. But there is also the danger of our becoming mesmerized by the dazzle of the light. It can become quite comfortable, like a campfire. We can crawl up into the hands of God and fall asleep in the sweet aroma and cozy warmth, asleep by the fire. And so much of the world lies in the cold, clammy darkness of human suffering, oppression and inequality. John Francis Maher sings a beautiful song that whispers to the groaning masses, "Don't let your eyes adjust to the dark." Perhaps we could also add for those by the fire, "Don't fall asleep in the light." We must neither get used to the darkness of human suffering or fall asleep in the comfort of the light." - The Irresistible Revolution #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #BlackAndWhite #LionsHead #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

[berthabresler16]

"Augustine said the human mind was particulary delighted when truth was presented to it indirectly, like in symbols and sacred spaces. Unfortunately, most churches today are designed without any sense of the iconic because moderns like straightforward, unambiguous communication. We want 'worship centers' where hominess is more important than holiness." - Chasing Francis #IAmJustGonnaLeaveThisHere #PractiseResurrection #Life #Holiness #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #India #Travel (at New Delhi, India)

[berthabresler16]

"Christians take so few risks, it's no wonder folks have a hard time believing in heaven. Most of us live in such fear of death that it's as if no one really believes in the resurrection anymore. Sometimes people ask me if I'm scared, living in the inner city. I usually reply, ''I'm more scared of the suburbs.'' The Scriptures say that we should not fear those things which can destroy the body, but we are to fear that which can destroy the soul (Matt. 10:28). While the ghettos may have their share of violence and crime, the suburbs are the home of the more subtle demonic forces - numbness, complacency, comfort - and it is these that eat away at our souls...'' -- The Irresistible Revolution. #PractiseResurrection #Life #Generations #GenerationsForEternity #Think #Eternity #Missions #Go #RiseUp #Grace #Mercy #CalledForNations #PeopleMatter #LivesMatter #Creation #PourOut #God #Jesus #Comfort #Complacency #GetUp #DoSomething