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Divine agnosticism, the sort I'm advocating, affirms the existence of God but then acknowledges our human inability to fully grasp his infinite nature.

— Skye Jethani The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

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By yielding its imagination to the forms around it, has the church, like ancient Israel, lost the ability to be an alternative people of God?

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

Job learned the wisdom of silence before God, but it appears many Christians have abandoned this value in our wordy world.

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

Commodification has led most people to view God as a device to be used rather than an all-powerful Creator to be revered.

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

The influence of consumerism has led us to confuse institutions for people, means for the mission, and programs for the Spirit's power.

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

Christ's true people are branded with love.

The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (2009)

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Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

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God seeks comrades and claims love,
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