Regardless of what the New Testament says, most Christians are materialists with no real experience of the Spirit, and most Christians are materialists with no real commitment to community.’the speaker looked over his audience mainly clergy,theologians and church leaders and continued: ‘Let’s pretend that you all were Christians. You would not accumulate, you would actually love one another, you would share everything you had with each other and with the poor, and you would treat each other as if you were a family.’ He finished with a question: ‘ What is it that keeps you from doing that?’
From Jim Wallis quoted by Peter Price
Can’t do it on my own. What’s your excuse?
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