The author of The Irresistable Revolution has written What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff? an apology and open letter to those who have given up on faith, which has made it onto Esquire Magazine’s website:

The Scripture is brimful of God using folks like a lying prostitute named Rahab, an adulterous king named David… at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey. Some say God spoke to Balaam through his ass and has been speaking through asses ever since. So if God should choose to use us, then we should be grateful but not think too highly of ourselves. And if upon meeting someone we think God could never use, we should think again.

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