The first principle of spiritual formation is this: A spiritually formed person loves God and others.
“The scars on my soul come from the church, as does the joy that has come to define me. Leading in the church has been the source of both the trauma and the consolations in my life.”
― Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise
― Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise
“The inner call stirring the soul is validated
by a confirmation external to the man.”
― Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry
by a confirmation external to the man.”
― Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry
“The joy and satisfaction that come from being faithful to Christ will always be richer than the mere ease that comes from drifting along the cultural currents.”
― Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise
― Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise
“Herein lies our forgetfulness. Rather than seeing the sin of lawlessness as the barrier to relationship with God, we have steadily grown to regard the law itself as the barrier. We have come to believe that rules prevent relationship.”
― Ten Words to Live By: Delighting in and Doing What God Commands
― Ten Words to Live By: Delighting in and Doing What God Commands
“Should it not be the office that seeks the man, rather than the man the office?”
― Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry
― Am I Called?: The Summons To Pastoral Ministry
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