Usually when we do something to corrupt our lives, it's usually something to fulfill an ache that we have. Rich Mullins More Quotes by Rich Mullins More Quotes From Rich Mullins It's just that for so many people that I know, Christianity's this matter of... it has everything to do with morals. Christianity is a religion about morals. And they will even talk about Jesus. And they will say kids need to know about Jesus so they won't smoke, drink, or dance, or go with girls that do, and all that kind of thing. And I kinda go, 'That's not why people need to know about Jesus. The only reason - The only possible excuse for talking about Jesus is because we need a Savior.' Rich Mullins girl kids jesus God is a wild man...should you encounter him...hang on for dear life-or let go for dear life is a better way to say it. Rich Mullins encounters letting-go men If you want a religion that makes sense, then I suggest something other than Christianity. But if you want a religion that makes life, then, I think this is the one. Rich Mullins christianity want thinking Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all. The mountains looks so big and my faith just seems so small. Rich Mullins mountain sometimes looks Sometimes I think of Abraham Rich Mullins stars land thinking It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor. Rich Mullins government church jobs What I like about the Bible is that it doesn't make sense, which makes it more like truth than anything else I've ever read. Rich Mullins make-sense We just can't love without God. God wants for us want we want for ourselves. These basic things are not that hard to grasp. We just have to have faith, and faith is a gift. We just need to accept it. Rich Mullins have-faith want needs If your life is motivated by your ambition to leave a legacy, what you'll probably leave as a legacy is ambition. Rich Mullins legacy ambition life-is Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine. Rich Mullins expression doors song It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as a vehicle for achieving all of that. Like, if you give a tithe, He'll make you rich. Why? Are you hacking Him off or something? If you give a tithe, you get rid of ten percent of the root of all evil. You should be giving ninety percent. Cause God can handle money better than we can. Rich Mullins roots jesus thinking If you’re really looking for answers, look past me. But if you’re interested in how I got to where I am, I will be as honest as possible. Rich Mullins answers looks past A faith that moves mountains is a faith that expands horizons, it does not bring us into a smaller world full of easy answers, but into a larger one where there is room for wonder. Rich Mullins mountain doe moving The best that can happen is that someone can catch a glimpse of the glory you're hinting at. Rich Mullins glimpse glory happens God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt. What He did give Joseph were eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was. Rich Mullins jealous brother dream I think, you know, the thing everybody really wants to know anyway is not what the theory of relativity is, but I think what we all really want to know anyways, is whether we're loved or not. Rich Mullins theory want thinking Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human. Rich Mullins being-human taste art Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands, suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land. Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made blue for the sky and the color green that fills Your fields with praise. Rich Mullins rain winter fall If you can't be good, be loud. Rich Mullins be-good loud ifs The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa- for he has so much to look forward to. Rich Mullins envy men looks