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  • “.the point” now is the name of the 200-member previously named New Life Church in Kent County’s Caledonia Township. Church member Joshua Best was part of the team responsible for coming up with the…

  • It only takes a relatively small number of people on the fringe to undermine the image and standing of the majority.
    — Brad Ruggles on Pat Robertson’s recent comments and how they reinforce the stereotypes so many people have of Christians.
  • I can’t Christianize this culture. The god of this world is Satan – this is his culture. He is the god of this age. I’m to preach the gospel. …. God is calling a people for Himself. I don’t know whom He’s calling, I just have to be faithful and preach.
    — Franklin Graham when asked “Should we be trying to redeem our culture?”
  • Bill Wilson says with many churches spinning their wheels in a culture that discounts them because they haven’t stayed relevant, “vigilantism” among frustrated members is showing its head.

  • If you want to change the culture, you have to change the stories.
    — From a Harvard Business Review article (via Kem Meyer)