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Re: Velvet Elvis
Here are some quotes from "Velvet Elvis" that might provoke some discussion. I'll just give you the less radical ones first:
"The idea that everybody else approaches the Bible with baggage and agendas and lenses and I don't is the ultimate in arrogance. To think that I can just read the Bible without reading any of my own culture or background or issues into it and come out with a "pure" or "exact" meaning is not only untrue, but it leads to a very destructive reading of the Bible that robs it of its life and energy."
"Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective."
"So the issue isn't so much taking Jesus to people who don't have him, but going to a place and pointing out to the people there the creative, life-giving God who is already present in their midst."
"And if you do see yourself carrying God to places, it can be exhausting. God is really heavy."
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