The Present Future

Just finished this book by Reggie McNeal for the second (or third) time. Our church council is working through it. Some hot spots from the end:

"It's not dying that's scary. It's what they do to you before they let you die that frightens me." (on his fear of being deemed a heretic by the church). p.142

"If our Bible study does not show up in a life that looks increasingly like Jesus' (captured by his heart for people), it is merely a head trip, a point of pride, and an idolatrous substitute for genuine spirituality." p.144

"I believe Jesus is the hope of the world. I believe God has called out a people to make sure the world knows this. These people are the church. Jesus has promised that hell will not be able to stand against it... I just wish hell were the problem." (implication: rather than the people in our churches) p.145