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Sometimes how we dialogue in today's culture is just as important as why we dialogue.
— Jefferson Bethke
Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.
— Jefferson Bethke
We know that sometimes the best place to see the stars in all their glory is the wilderness.
— Jefferson Bethke
The problem with becoming a public intellectual is that over time you grow more and more public but less and less intellectual.
— Jean Bethke Elshtain
He came not to save people but to save his entire creation, which we are a part of.
— Jefferson Bethke
The reality is that it's harder for religious people to come to Christ than anyone else because they think they are already good to go.
— Jefferson Bethke
God uniquely highlights marriage as one of the main ways we know who he is and how he relates to us.
— Jefferson Bethke
My "Christianity" was once again just the American religion of work hard, do good, feel good, and maybe God will say, "We good.
— Jefferson Bethke
But Jesus isn't rocking a cardigan, and he doesn't talk softly through his nose. He's a roaring lion.
— Jefferson Bethke
God is faithful.
— Jefferson Bethke
Work sucks. That's why it isn't called 'fun'.
— Bruce Bethke
One of the best barometers of a true Christian's heart is to see what kind of people he attracts and what kind of people he repels.
— Jefferson Bethke
Just punishment, which observes restraints, is different from revenge, which knows no limits.
— Jean Bethke Elshtain
Grace just flows. It's a one-way type of love that runs the conduit directly from God's heart to ours.
— Jefferson Bethke
The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.
— Jefferson Bethke
Heaven isn't a place for people who are scared of hell; it's for people who love Jesus.
— Jefferson Bethke
As I've heard said, "Of 100 unsaved men, one might read the Bible, but the other 99 will read the Christian."1 Ouch.
— Jefferson Bethke
Having joy in God not because of circumstances but despite circumstances is what makes God look great - and it's a true joy that comes from within.
— Jefferson Bethke
The issue isn't whether someone is good or bad, but whether he is repentant or unrepentant.
— Jefferson Bethke
Both fear and love might cause obedience, but only love causes joy.
— Jefferson Bethke
Jesus says you can read the Bible as a checklist, but if you do, you miss the whole point.
— Jefferson Bethke
Trying to live without community is like trying to live without oxygen. We weren't created to do it.
— Jefferson Bethke
One of my favorite things about following Jesus is I get to drop the act, admit I'm not good enough, walk in freedom-and that's good news.
— Jefferson Bethke
It's only when we understand that in Jesus we are cleansed, washed, and renewed that we see our sin fall by the wayside.
— Jefferson Bethke
As Christians, God doesn't promise us an easy life, but he does promise to be with us in whatever we go through. He will never leave us or forsake us.
— Jefferson Bethke
New Testament Christians were most known by their love for their neighbors, but today we are most known for our segregation of the lowly.
— Jefferson Bethke
We often miss that our "righteous acts" are "filthy" before God. Not just our bad days, but our extremely good days too!
— Jefferson Bethke
A crooked stick can still draw a straight line, and a messed-up dude like me can still write about an awesome God.
— Jefferson Bethke
Isn't that the story for many of us in America? Christianity is our default setting.
— Jefferson Bethke
Relationships are not efficient; they are messy, time-consuming, and unpredictable.
— Jefferson Bethke
One of the most dangerous things about the Bible is that it is big enough to say whatever we want it to say if we are willing to remove the context.
— Jefferson Bethke
Religious people see "them" as the problem; Jesus-followers see "us" as the problem.
— Jefferson Bethke
In a postmodern world where all religious activity is seen as what we do for God, we need to proclaim Christianity is about what God has done for us.
— Jefferson Bethke
Persecution, like fire, burns up the weak elements (wood and hay) but actually purifies the strong ones (silver and gold). It
— Jefferson Bethke
We love God by loving his people.
— Jefferson Bethke
God gets glory for everything, and everyone eventually will glorify God, be it his grace or his justice.
— Jefferson Bethke
God wants us to pursue him first.
— Jefferson Bethke
Only when we humbly call on God to speak into our lives - knowing if he doesn't, we won't succeed - are we actually in a safe place.
— Jefferson Bethke
Our job as Christians is to stick so close to Jesus that when people are around us, they sense him.
— Jefferson Bethke
We all come in with baggage. We all come in trying to find our way. We all come in with broken edges.
— Jefferson Bethke
The word worship is defined by glory and thanksgiving. We are worshiping when we give glory to something. Whatever we give glory to, we sacrifice for.
— Jefferson Bethke
People don't flaunt their brokenness when trying to prove themselves.
— Jefferson Bethke
God is constant. Always forgiving. Always loving. Never changing.
— Jefferson Bethke
We don't celebrate the gift of Jesus on Christmas. We celebrate the gifts we get.
— Jefferson Bethke
When Jesus and his righteousness are ultimate, then you actually see evil as the source of evil,
— Jefferson Bethke
The minute you think you have gotten on God's good side by your own behavior, you are naturally prone to demonize those who haven't.
— Jefferson Bethke
God should get a lot more glory for things than we give him.
— Jefferson Bethke
I didn't know it then, but God broke me to fix me because he loved me.
— Jefferson Bethke
A grace economy is backward to most of us - those who think they qualify, don't; and those who admit they don't qualify, do.
— Jefferson Bethke
Proper worship is living a life in spirit and truth.
— Jefferson Bethke
God is most glorified in our lives when we show him to be most glorious regardless of what is thrown our way.
— Jefferson Bethke
I think thanksgiving is the secret to a healthy Christian life.
— Jefferson Bethke
Because the truth is, no matter how ugly or how deep the scars, there is always hope.
— Jefferson Bethke
The most dangerous thing about the human heart is that we want to reverse the roles by making God the responder and us the initiators.
— Jefferson Bethke
If something is done with a thankful heart, then that is Christian behavior.
— Jefferson Bethke
Loving an enemy means loving "them.
— Jefferson Bethke
Grace always wins.
— Jefferson Bethke