The almost technical formula en christō, “in Christ,” serves as a main soteriological category in Paul. Although often read individualistically, for Paul it is a deeply communal conception: it denotes the whole body of Christ, the church.
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“A god who listens is love. A god who speaks is law. At their worst, the people who want a god who listens are self-centered...And the ones who want a god who speaks are cruel. They just want laws and justice to crush everything...Love is empty without justice. Justice is cruel without love....God should be both. If a god isn't, that is no God.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Pray as you can, and somewhere along the way, you will make the most important discovery of your life—the love the Father has for you. That discovery is God’s end of the deal. Your part is just to show up honestly. Show up, and keep showing up. That’s the one nonnegotiable when it comes to prayer.”
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
― Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
“What you believe about the future will change how you live in the present.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Where does all our effort go? It’s hard not to envy the monsters when you see how good they have it. And how unbothered they are at being monsters.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!
“Memories are always partly untrue.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
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