I wondered if when we take Christian theology out of the context of its narrative, when we ignore the poetry in which it is presented, when we turn it into formulas to help us achieve the American dream, we lose its meaning entirely, and the ideas become fodder for the head but have no impact on the way we live our lives or think about God. This is, perhaps, why people are so hostile toward religion.
-Donald Miller, Searching For God Knows What, p. 58-59.
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How sad, then, when the church acts if it is in the religion business rather than in the Gospel-proclaiming business. What a disservice, not only to itself but to a world perpetually sinking in the quagmire of religiosity, when it harps on creed, cult, and conduct as the touchstone of salvation. What a perversion of the truth that sets us free (John 8:32) when it takes the news that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us (Rom 5:8), and turns it into a proclamation of God as just one more insufferable bookkeeper.
(taken from Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Rober Farrar Capon, p. 177.)
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