Joshua Ryan Butler
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“God’s purpose is not to get us out of earth and into heaven; it’s to reconcile heaven and earth.”
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
“Do we get a second chance? The question often arises: “Can I reject God now but change my mind on the threshold of his kingdom?” To ask the question this way, however, is misleading: it reveals that we probably don’t actually want the kingdom. If we prefer freedom from God now, what makes us think we’ll change our mind when his kingdom comes? If we harden our hearts toward his presence today, why would we expect tomorrow to be different?”
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
“Suddenly, I had a problem. Jesus wants to get rid of sex trafficking too, only he takes it a lot more seriously than I do. I want to get rid of sex trafficking; Jesus wants to get rid of lust. I want to prune back the wicked tree; he wants to dig out the root. And that wicked root is in me. I may not be a sex trafficker, a pedophile tourist, or a greedy madam—but I have lust. I can be one lusty animal. Jesus says if you even look lustfully at one of God’s daughters, demeaningly commodifying her as an object for your own self-centered gratification, then the power of hell has its roots in you, and when God arrives to establish his kingdom, you are in danger of being cast outside the kingdom with it.”
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
― The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War
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