3. Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.
~ Cypher, The Matrix

4. I wish I knew what I'm supposed to do, that's all...
I just wish...
I wish I knew what I'm supposed to do, that's all...
I just wish I knew.
~ Neo, The Matrix Reloaded

5. ~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Clinical Psychologist
I am radically pro-community. I believe that under the terms of God’s New Covenant with humankind, the Holy Spirit has graciously placed resources in every Christian that, when released from one person and received into another, can promote substantial healing and change.
~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Clinical Psychologist

6. In our time it may well be that the greatest single bottleneck to the renewal and outreach of the church is the division of roles between clergy and laity. In the end it leads to a reluctance on the part of the laity to trust themselves as authentic ministers of Christ, which they are.
~ Robert Munger

7. It is strange that sometimes the church is written off by those who know little or nothing about it. They are not involved in its process or mission. In no other field would we take the word of a bystander as a word of authority and appraisal.
~ C. Neil Strait

8. ~ Councilor Hamann, The Matrix Reloaded
Tonight let us honor these men and women, these our soldiers, our warriors, these our husbands and wives, our brothers and sisters, our children. Let us remember those that have been lost, and let us give thanks for those that have been found, and who stand here beside us.
~ Councilor Hamann, The Matrix Reloaded

9. ~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian
Since community alone will survive from this world into the next, it is ultimately the only thing God is doing today that has eternal significance.
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian

10. Let everyone, therefore, who knows himself to be a Christian be assured of this, and apply it to himself - that we are all priests, and there is no difference between us.
~ Martin Luther

11. I suppose the most obvious question is, how can I trust you?
~ Neo to the Oracle,
The Matrix Reloaded

12. ~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Psychologist
Because every hunger, when followed to its source, turns out to be a hunger for God, it is vital that we live in a community safe enough for us to express and explore all our desires.
~ Dr. Larry Crabb, Psychologist

13. Neo, I know something's wrong. You don't have to tell me.
I just want you to know
that I'm here.
~ Trinity, The Matrix Reloaded

14. I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community.
~ Henri Nouwen

15. It is through encounter with others that the self exists.
~ R. S. Anderson

16. ~ The Oracle, The Matrix Reloaded
We're all here to do, what we're all here to do. I'm interested in one thing, Neo, the future. And believe me, I know, the only way to get there is together.
~ The Oracle, The Matrix Reloaded

17. If one fails, all fail.
~ The Keymaker,
The Matrix Reloaded

18. To be in the presence of even the meanest, lowest, most repulsive specimen of humanity is still to be closer to God than when looking up into a starry sky or at a beautiful sunset. For we cannot really love a sunset; we can love only a person.
~ Mike Mason

19. ~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian
For contemporary Christians, to meet regularly in small groups is not an option or a luxury. It is a biblical mandate that they must obey if they want to experience communal life and if their churches are to become biblically functioning communities.
~ Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian

20. We are the temple of the living God
We are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.’
~ 2 Corinthians 6:16 (TNIV)

21. Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple
Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple. He was rejected by the people, but he is precious to God who chose him.
And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.
~ 1 Peter 2:4-5 (NLT)

22. Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.
~ Matthew 18:20 (CEV)

23. We are the temple of the living God
We are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.’
~ 2 Corinthians 6:16 (TNIV)

24. Together you are the body of Christ
Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body.
~ 1 Corinthians 12:27 (CEV)

25. Clearly, you are a letter from Christ prepared by us
Clearly, you are a letter from Christ prepared by us. It is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on stone, but on human hearts.
~ 2 Corinthians 3:3 (NLT)

26. is the primary place where and accountability is offered.
At The Meeting House,
Home Church
is the primary place where
friends are made,
care is given,
and accountability is offered.

27. What should be done then, my friends?
When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
~ 1 Corinthians 14:26 (NRSV)

28. The Meeting House Top 4 Excuses
#1) But I don’t know very much.
#2) But I don’t know anybody.
#3) But I don’t have the time.
#4) But I went and didn’t like it.

29. We're all here to do, what we're all here to do
We're all here to do, what we're all here to do. I'm interested in one thing, Neo, the future. And believe me, I know, the only way to get there is together.
~ The Oracle,
The Matrix Reloaded

30. “He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.”
~ Ephesians 4:11-12 (NLT)

31. ~ Morpheus, The Matrix Reloaded
Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it.
~ Morpheus, The Matrix Reloaded