"What if we just DID the kingdom?"

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My friend Eve sent me a quote from a book she's reading called The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church. It's written by Gregory Boyd, who is one of a growing breed: evangelical liberals.

“What if the energy and resources used to preserve and tweak the civil religion was rather spent feeing the hungry, housing the homeless, befriending the drug addict, and visiting the prisoner? What if our focus was on sacrificing our resources to help inner city schools and safety houses for battered women? What if instead of trying to defend our religious rights, Christians concerned themselves with siding with others whose rights are routinely trampled? What if instead of trying to legally make life more difficult for gays, we worried only about how we could affirm their unsurpassable worth in service to them? In other words, what if we individually and collectively committed ourselves to replicating the loving sacrifice of Calvary to all people, at all times, in all places, regardless of their circumstances or merit? What if we just DID the kingdom?”
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