In a commodity culture we have been conditioned to believe nothing car — Skye Jethani

"History has shown syncretism to the culture is a chronic ailment of the church."

"Ironically, it is often our zeal to protect our faith that leads to its loss."

"Modern people may express outrage at the horrors of the African slave trade or the Holocaust, but in truth the commodification of human beings that made those atrocities possible is more prevalent today than ever before."

"Paralleling the corporate shift away from manufacturing goods to manufacturing brands, Christianity in North America has drifted from a faith of substance to a faith of perception."

"We are more than our base desires, and our lives are not sustained by gratifying them."

"The personification of institutions in our culture means the institutional church, rather than the flesh-and-blood people of God, has become the vehicle of Gods mission in the world. This is salvation via institution, paradise via programs."