November 30, 2006
~Real Quote~
“We tell people that the cross means we are forgiven. Jesus has paid the penalty of our sins. And that Jesus’ resurection means we will have life after 
death and be with God in Heaven. That has been our message. But it has retained only two dimensions: we have neglected the Good News about the Kingdom in the here and now. The powerful experience and explanation of the inbreaking rule of God, in which people were being set free from sin, sickness, and spiritual oppression and even the spirit of a nation was being changed, has been largely lost. We’ve replaced it with a much more individualistic message about freedom from guilt and fire insurance after we die.” - Rick Richardson, Reimagining Evangelism (InterVarsity, 2006)
“It’s real, it’s changed my life, it’s transformed my heart, I’m not who I was. No longer … do I feel the pressure of, ‘how fancy are my shoes? Or what kind of car am I driving? Or how much money do I make?’ None of that matters to me anymore … I’m having a daily experience with the spirit of God that’s more priceless than anything I’ve experienced before.” - Actor Stephen Baldwin discussing his Christian conversion with ABC News
Jenn says:
Amen!! That last quote reminds me of an FFH song (”It’s You) that says,
“You don’t have to wear designer clothes/If you don’t want to/And I don’t care what kind of car you drive/It won’t define you/I see past the surface, the glitter and the gold/to the place that really matters to your soul/And it’s you I’m in love with/It’s you I want most/When it all comes down/It’s not what you do, it’s you.”
=)