So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Jake: A disillusioned associate minister facing a crisis of belief as his passion for the church dissolves
• John: Mystery surrounds John as he shows up during key events in Jake's life, providing mentorship to Jake as he grows in relationship to Christ.
• Laurie: Add a description of this character.
• Marvin
• Bryce
• Jim: Head pastor at the church where Jake was associate minister.
• Diane
• Bob
• Andrea
• Paul
• Jason
• Jeremy
• Marsha
• Ben
• Roary
• Peter
• Sherri
• Craig

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• “The more organization you bring to church life, the less life it will contain.”

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• Until you discover how to trust God for everything in your life, you will constantly seek to control others for the things you think you need.”

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• We don’t get his love by living up to his standards. We find his love in the most broken places of our lives. As we let him love us there and discover how to love him in return, we’ll find our lives changing in that relationship.”

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• “It is your security in that love that will change you, not your struggle to try and earn it.”

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• The church thrives where people are focused on Jesus, not where they are focused on church.

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• The key is not found in how much you love him, but in how much he loves you. It begins in him. Learn that and your relationship will begin to grow.”

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• the more organization you bring to church life, the less life it will contain.”

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• When we’re looking to the future, we’re not listening to Father. Anything we do to try and guarantee stability on our own terms will actually rob us of the freedom to simply follow him today. We’ll resort to our own wisdom instead of following his. The greatest freedom God can give you is to trust his ability to take care of you each day.”

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• “Because real body life isn’t built on accountability. It’s built on love. We’re to encourage one another in the journey without conforming people to the standard we think they need.”

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• We’re not changed by the promises we make to God, but by the promises he makes to us. When we make commitments that we can live up to only for a brief period, our guilt multiplies when we fail. Upset that God doesn’t do more to help us, we usually end up medicating our guilt with something like drugs, alcohol, food, shopping, or anything else that dulls the pain, or it creeps out of us through anger or lust.”

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• “It’s not about teaching, Jake. It’s about living. Learn to live this life and you’ll find no end of folks to share it with. Teach it first, however, and that will be your substitute for living it.”

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• Kingston

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Wayne Jacobsen (Author)
2. Dave Coleman (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.6

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• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Fiction
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary