Those of us of a progressive disposition, followers of the way of Jesus, doubtess will concur with the following quotations.
Jesus invites us to a life where faith is expressed in action and where love, compassion and justice become the language of our lives. Kurt Struckmeyer
A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the poor to be exploited, the stranger to be mistreated, and God's creation to be ravaged, all the while supporting the greedy and cruel as they satisfy every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ. Benjamin Cremer
The eternal destiny of human beings will be measured by how much or how little solidarity we have displayed with the hungry, the thirsty, the naked and the oppressed. In the end we will be judged in terms of love Leonardo Boff
Believing in the resurrection does not just mean assenting to a dogma and noting a historical fact. It means participating in this creative act of God. Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing as with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesn't point to another world. It is focussed on the redemption of this one. Jurgen Moltmann
In the New Testament, in the First Letter of John, we are told that the words Love and God are convertible. You can't slip a knife between them If you love your fellow human being, you know God and are in God, whereas if you don't love, you don't know God. The word God doesn't designate a distinct metaphysical being; it is simply Love's name. Don Cupitt
Church should never be a form of escapism. Following Jesus means embracing the reality of the world aroud us. That means addressing racism, xenophobia, sexism, bigotry, sexual assault, nationalism, and many other forms of oppression and hate. Stephen Mattson
The Gospel is a very dangerous idea. We have to see how much of that dangerous idea we can perform in our own lives. There is nothing innocuous or safe abaoaut the Gospel. Jesus did not get crucified beacuse he was a nice man. Walter Brueggemann
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