Quotes about Outsiders

the kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.

Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,

Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

Another favorite hymn mourns Israel's lonely exile from the Son of God. Another years for a future in which every knee will bow to Jesus. Another urges Christian soldiers onward, marching as to war. When I imagined singing it with a Muslim or Hindu student sitting next to me, my voice dried up. It was a song for insiders, not outsiders. If I had learned anything from going on all of those class field trips, it was how religious language sounds to outsiders, and how much that matters.

Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

Nowhere in the New Testament is the privileged position of turkeys, nobodies, and marginal people on the fringes of society disclosed more dramatically than in Jesus' ministry of meal sharing. In modern times it is scarcely possible to appreciate the scandal Jesus caused by His table fellowship with sinners.

Not only that, Jesus finds all the "wrong" people on God's side and all the "right" people against God.

It's all right to have our mite boxes for the heathen, and send missionaries to them. They're far away and we don't have to associate with them. But I don't want to have to sit in a pew with a hired boy.

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.