Brian McClaren Quotes

"The true understanding of the Gospel is inherently relational (kingdom is a relational word--implying relationship with the king, with fellow citizens, with the territory, with the laws of the king and standards of justice and mercy, etc.) and missional (meaning it propels us into mission, for the kingdom is also a revolution against the status quo dominated by "“principalities and powers"”) and monastic (meaning it calls us to shared spiritual practices in community-- such as prayer and reconciliation-- racial, religious, economic, etc.). It can be diagrammed in contrast to our standard gospel understanding, which focuses on "“me and my soul,"” and then sometimes attempts to transfer concern from me to the church, and then occasionally attempts further extension of concern for the world:

me
world
church"”

-Brian McClaren