Aj Schwanz

Found out that a person already wrote the book I dreamed about: One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking God

Questions asked by a Postmodern Negro and Tim Keel of Jacobís Well in KC.

Free of Charge was written to shape Christianity to shape others. Our culture is graceless; we need resources.

Content versus form/relationships: we obsess about ìwhatî we believe; weíve forgotten to ask about the procedure. Weíve forgotten to ask how relationships function. What is the character of relationships spoken about in the Bible? We bracket content for a while; concentrate on values of interchange governed.

Eugene Peterson has said that we live in a pornographic society: everyone is objectified. We should step back and look at the larger picture: that a person is larger than the issue.

We live thinned out versions of the Christian faith - those are the ones that are most easily misused.

There is an art to giving - how one gives: it must be practiced. Give more than you expect to get; if you donít believe, how could you ever forgive, and why would you?

Traditions often have self-obsessed God: believe God wants all the glory - thatís why you give. It makes self-obsessed followers.

We donít believe the Gospel because of the church; we believe the Gospel, so we participate in the community of the church.