Selling Water by the River: A Book about the Life Jesus Promised and the Religion That Gets in the Way
Shane Hipps
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The possibility of eternal life begins the day we are born, not the day we die.”
“The lesson here is an important one. Love has no opposite. No force in the universe rivals it.”
“Some, in an effort to protect and preserve the gospel message, have become like the guards in that museum, fueled by fear that it could be damaged or stolen if they are not vigilant in their watch. They have mistaken the good news for an ancient artifact that needs to be protected. But that is not its nature. This kingdom is a lot more like a tree. God is looking for gardeners, not guards. A guard is trained in a defensive stance of fear and suspicion. A gardener is motivated by love and creativity.”
“As we grow, the question we learn to ask moves from What is right or wrong? to What does Love require?”
“Jesus functions like a mirror. I have a face, but I can’t see it without a mirror. The mirror doesn’t give me a face; it only shows me what I already have. Jesus describes what he does as showing us what we already have. He reveals rather than creates.”
“You’ll know you’ve shed your own old beliefs at the right time when you are still able to appreciate them.”
“We might say blessed are the flexible for they won’t get bent out of shape.”
“Our joy will share the fate of the thing we bind it to.”
“Just because Christianity claims Jesus as its own does not mean that Jesus claims Christianity as his own. Christ does not bind himself to a religion, any more than wind binds itself to a sail.”
“If we are to access the Living Water Jesus promised, ultimately Love must become the only thing that governs behavior, not fear.”
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