Superhero Quotes

“When we face challenges and medicalize them, are we not being beastly? We feel anxious, so we drink a glass of wine. Or we take anti-anxiety meds. We do not consider and reflect on the underlying issues causing our anxiety. We do not seek God and his wisdom to grow into a holistic peace--something known as "shalom" to the Jewish people.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“Scripturally and historically, as was mentioned earlier, the church didn't really own property until the tragic day that Constantine gave it to them. Then started the big church, clergy and laity, audience and performer tradition. We have largely been shacked to this system ever since.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“We must see every day of our life as an act of worship. We must see every interaction as potentially spiritual and kingdom related. To the point, we must know God's Word well enought to discern if a spiritual event is holy (from the Lord) or demonic (from Satan and his demons); remember, the adversary of our Lord is always prowling about.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“Total sacrifice is not being a consumer at a rock concert-style emotion-driven superstar-pastor and worship leader performance. After all, that whole commotion is designed to appeal to the consumer. Total sacrifice is living every moment of every day as a dead person brought to life by the indwelling Creator of all, continually seeking to join God in whatever he is doing...”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“In this superstar-audience-service model of worship, we do not accomplish what David and his band of unhappy slobs did. They all (David and his rabble band) were transformed into an elite group of warriors pursuing the purposes of God in bringing the Messiah into the world. Once their transformation achieved some traction, they left their cave and fought the battles that needed to be fought.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“Just being honest, I think in my church life we have had too much mouth, too much ear, and too little hands and feet. Way too little brain. We talk some good talk; after all, it is based on the eternal and enduring truth of scripture.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“Let's just get it out front--the perfect church is imperfect, because part of the mission of the church is to transform ordinary pagans into sanctified and joyous warriors for righteousness.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are

“The theories, whether critical race or intersectionality, are emotion-driven versions of the old Marxist ploy of hatred and envy toward arbitrarily chosen identity groups that ignore the image of God, individual worth, and loveliness of every creature God created.”
― Stephen K Moore, Superhero: Being Who God Says You Are