Surprised by Change

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are. 
- Frank Laubach

"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. 
- Dallas Willard

Summary of chapter 2 Surprised by Change from The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg

Jesus brought a message that spoke to the deepest longings of the human heart to become not simply conformed to a religious subculture but transformed into "new creatures."  Instead of focusing on the boundaries, Jesus focused on the center, the heart of spiritual life. When asked to identify what the law is about. Jesus' response was simply "Love God, love people."

Tragically, it is possible to think we are becoming more spiritual when in fact we are only becoming more smug and judgmental. Pseudo-transformation means become what Mark Twain once called "a good man in the worse sense of the word."

Why do I constantly find myself rating people as if they were Olympic contestants and someone appointed me judge? Why do I so often compare myself with them as if we were in some kind of competition? The real issue is what kind of people are we becoming?