'The church needs discontentment'

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'The church needs discontentment'

1John5918
Jan 1, 2020, 7:27 am

I love this quote from an evangelical Christian:

The church needs discontentment. It is a gift to the Reign of God, but we have to use our discontentment to engage rather than to disengage. We need to be a part of repairing what’s broken rather than jumping ship. One of the pastors in my neighborhood said, “I like to think about the church like Noah’s Ark. That old boat must have stunk bad inside, but if you tried to get out, you’d drown.”


Shane Claiborne, “Loving the Church Back to Life,” “The Future of Christianity,” Oneing, vol. 7, no. 2 (Center for Action and Contemplation: 2019), 58-61.

2eschator83
Feb 12, 2020, 5:37 pm

May we try to remember Jesus' prayer (Jn 17:13) ...I speak this in the world so that they my share My Joy completely.

3alexzhangivy
Nov 30, 2020, 2:56 am

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4MarthaJeanne
Edited: Nov 30, 2020, 3:04 am

>3 alexzhangivy: seems to be an ad for choir robes.

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5MsMixte
Nov 30, 2020, 3:01 am

>4 MarthaJeanne: I flagged for spam.