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What is the motivation to obey a law that seems nonsensical? It can only be deep trust in the one who asks. This is not how we relate to most laws though.
“It is not good for us to be alone. If we, God’s image-bearers, are content with shallow relationships, we imply that He is a shallow God.”
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
“Or there is James 1:19—a verse that, if heeded, would prevent all manner of grief in today’s world (but would also probably put social media out of business): “Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.”
― The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World
― The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World
“The “let us meet your needs” approach to marketing the church, which became so popular among baby boomers in the 1980s and 1990s, has only served further to socialize our people to “prefer a variety of church experiences, rather than getting the most out of all that a single church has to offer”
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
“The Bible is not a story of people seeking God. This is the story of a perfect God who pursues imperfect people.”
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
“As church-going Americans, we have been socialized to believe that our individual fulfillment and our personal relationship with God are more important than any connection we might have with our fellow human beings, whether in the home or in the church. We have, in a most subtle and insidious way, been conformed to this world.”
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
― When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
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