Quotes by Bono

Bono (b. 1960) — Leadsänger von U2, Aktivist · überkonfessionell · Irland

Der 1960 geborene irische Musiker Bono ist Leadsänger der Rockband U2 und als weltweiter humanitärer Aktivist tätig. Sein öffentliches Wirken verbindet den Einsatz gegen Armut und Ungerechtigkeit mit einem überkonfessionellen Glauben, der biblische Motive von Gnade und sozialer Verantwortung hervorhebt. Für Bibelleser steht er für einen unkonventionellen, gesellschaftsrelevanten Glauben, der zugleich im Spannungsfeld zu öffentlicher Kritik an Steuergestaltungen und elitenorientiertem Prominenten-Aktivismus steht.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption, Humility & Pride, Faith & Trust, Doubt & Hard Questions, Witness & Mission, Church & Congregation

Quotes by Bono

I love the idea of the Sacrificial Lamb...The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That's the point. It should keep us humbled. It's not our own good works that get us through the gates of heaven.

Bono

The idea that there's a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with, if you believe it. Actually, maybe even far-fetched to start with, but the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally. To me, as a poet, I am just in awe of that. It makes some sort of poetic sense. It's the thing that makes me a believer, though it didn't dawn on me for many years.

Bono

Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily...When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy'...this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case...You have to make a choice on that. And I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God.

Bono

I just go where the life is, you know? Where I feel the Holy Spirit. If it's in the back of a Roman Catholic cathedral, in the quietness and the incense, which suggest the mystery of God, of God's presence, or in the bright lights of the revival tent, I just go where I find life. I don't see denomination.

Bono

Sources: heraldnet.com, theguardian.com

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