On being a preacher

I believe in justice, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of justice, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to justice. 

I believe in love, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of love, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to love.

I am committed to peace, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of peace, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to peace.

I believe in the value of the simple life, but I am not the preacher of the simple life, but of the Gospel of Christ that calls us to the simple life.

Myron Augsburger, former President of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, quoted by Leonard Sweet in an interview with Ed Stetzer about the book The Jesus Manifesto.