David Murray
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“Dr. Murray points to the Nazarite system as what he calls an external scaffolding supporting human efforts at righteousness, reminding the participant that he is set apart. Christ, he said, needed no external reminder that the Father was His joy and that wine was not, that He was Life and was wholly Other from death, that He bore on Himself the shame that long hair but vaguely pointed to.”
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“Except in situations of extreme uncertainty- invasions, assassinations, epidemics, earthquakes- people don't necessarily want to be told, "That's the way it is." But they do want to be told, "That's the way I think it is," by someone they feel they know, and by someone who lots of their friends feel they know.”
― An Effort to Understand: Hearing One Another (and Ourselves) in a Nation Cracked in Half
― An Effort to Understand: Hearing One Another (and Ourselves) in a Nation Cracked in Half
“To be a fine human being, you have to be...
Strong and gentle
Proud and humble
Enthusiastic and calm
Fun and serious
Bold and careful
Self-aware, but not self-conscious
Candid and discreet
Discriminating and democratic
Loyal (when it's called for)
Generous, but not to a fault
Self-loving, but not self-worshiping
Sometimes aggressive but never violent
Intellectual and instinctive
Logical and musical.”
― An Effort to Understand: Hearing One Another (and Ourselves) in a Nation Cracked in Half
Strong and gentle
Proud and humble
Enthusiastic and calm
Fun and serious
Bold and careful
Self-aware, but not self-conscious
Candid and discreet
Discriminating and democratic
Loyal (when it's called for)
Generous, but not to a fault
Self-loving, but not self-worshiping
Sometimes aggressive but never violent
Intellectual and instinctive
Logical and musical.”
― An Effort to Understand: Hearing One Another (and Ourselves) in a Nation Cracked in Half
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