For too long, we’ve called unbelievers to “invite Jesus into your life.” Jesus doesn’t want to be in your life. Your life is a wreck. Jesus calls you into his life. And his life isn’t boring or purposeless or static. It’s wild and exhilarating and unpredictable.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that one's life should be transformed by embracing Jesus' way of life, rather than merely inviting Him into a disorganized life.
Russell D. Moore's quote challenges the common notion of inviting Jesus into one's life, suggesting instead that He offers a vibrant and unpredictable existence. By shifting the perspective to joining Jesus' life, the quote encourages individuals to seek a deeper, purpose-filled journey rather than trying to integrate a spiritual element into a chaotic personal life.
In practice
During a church service, when discussing the importance of spiritual transformation.
Conservative evangelicals don't want government support for our faith, because we believe God created all consciences free and a state-coerced act of worship isn't acceptable to God. Moreover, we believe the gospel isn't in need of state endorsement or assistance. Wall Street may need government bailouts but the Damascus Road never does.
When we adopt—and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communities—we’re picturing something that’s true about our God. We, like Jesus, see what our Father is doing and do likewise (John 5:19). And what our Father is doing, it turns out, is fighting for orphans, making them sons and daughters.
Ultimately, the transgender question is about more than just sex. It's about what it means to be human.
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated urban society.
Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western culture, suffices to undermine even the most precise analogy and the most impeccable reasoning.
Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.
The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation.
I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others.
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.
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