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... without the incarnation, Christianity isn't even a very good story, and most sadly, it means nothing. "Be nice to one another" is not a message that can give my life meaning, assure me of love beyond brokenness, and break open the dark doors of death with the key of hope.
The incarnation is an essential part of Jesus-shaped spirituality.
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― Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
― Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality
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And presently in the door stands the carpenter of Nazareth, and his mother and twelve more forby that have a smell of fish and seaweed and limpets on them from their trade, all known faces. Yet none guessed that here was the Incarnate Word (had they not bargained with him for cradles and chairs and roofbeams?).
(A Treading of Grapes)
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― A Time To Keep and Other Stories
― A Time To Keep and Other Stories


















