Doug Pagitt Quotes
Ten Quotes by: Doug Pagitt of Solomon's Porch Head pastor. I would like to invite you to be part of this special event. I would even go a step further and encourage those who were part of the events in the late 1990’s to bring those you are connected with to this catalyzing gathering… At the risk of sounding like the ShamWow guy, I want to stress that this event is offered at the ridiculously low price of $195…. Christianity21 will be a holistic event offering onsite yoga, spiritual directors, natural health coaches, ministry career guides,…
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[Question - How is God going to judge the good Muslim?] Does it. God’s going to judge the life and repair and restore and heal the life of everybody in the same way. There’s gonna be no difference between what God… [Question - So the Muslim is ultimately not going to be… go to a bad place. He’s ultimately going to be restored with God when he dies?] No, there’s going to be no difference between the way God's going to interact with you when you die and the way God's going to interact with a Muslim when a Muslim dies.
Radio interview, Sunday, October 26th, 2008 at 6:28 am. Dated: 26th October 2008
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The inerrancy debate is based on the belief that the Bible is the word of God, that the Bible is true because God made it and gave it to us as a guide to truth. But that's not what the Bible says. {Isn't it?}
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: A Christianity Worth Believing Published: 2008.
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... the early evangelists recognized they could help the Jesus story make sense if Jesus was seen as someone who was chosen to appease the wrath of God–hence, the ‘anointed one’ who could do what no one else could do ...
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: A Christianity Worth Believing p181 Published: 2008.
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This can come as a shock to those Christians who are so used to hearing that Jesus is the solution to sin that they assume that the remedy started with the death of Jesus.
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: A Christianity Worth Believing p 163 Published: 2008.
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The story of the gospel is so much better than the legal model suggests. It tells us that we are created as God’s partners, not God’s enemies. Sin does a lot of damage to that partnership - it disables us, it discourages us, it disturbs us - but it never destroys the bond that exists between God and humanity.
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: A Christianity Worth Believing Josey-Bass 2008 p 153 Published: 2008.
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Judgment, then, is not complete when God's anger is satisfied but when our integration with God is re-created. In our culture we tend to think of justice being brought about when a guilty person gets the proper consequence. But justice isn't about paying someone back or even making people pay for what they did. Justice is best understood as redemption or reconciliation. The Old Testament uses the Hebrew word karem in many of the passages about God's judgment. It means "healing" or "remaking" or "returning something to its intended purpose." God's justice is the restoring of things to the way they ought to be. We are intended to live with God and to live like God. Sin derails that effort. When the disintegration stops and integration arrives, God's judgment is complete.
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: A Christianity Worth Believing p 159 Published: 2008.
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During a recent life development forum we offered a session on Christian practices. In one of the four weeks we introduced the practice of making the sign of the cross on ourselves. This gesture has become a very powerful experience for me. It is rich with meaning and history and is such a simple way to proclaim and pray my faith with my body.
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: Church Re-imagined p102 Published: September 2005.
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Engaging the body in acts of being present with God, including certain ceremonial practices, opens us up to God in new ways. People of faith in ancient times understood that such physical acts and practices as rest and worship, dietary restrictions, and mandated fabric in their wardrobes were of great value to their faith and life.
Book: by Doug Pagitt/K Prill entitled: Body Prayer, (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook Press, 2005) Published: 2005.
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God is constantly creating anew. And God also, invites us to be re-created and join the work of God as co-(re)creators. . . . Imagine the Kingdom of God as the creative process of God reengaging in all that we know and experience. . . . When we employ creativity to make this world better, we participate with God in the recreation of the world.
Book: by Doug Pagitt entitled: Church Re-imagined(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003/2005) p185 Published: 2003.
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