Andy

“To be not a man, but the projection of another man's dream- what incomparable humiliation, what vertigo!”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins

“concept of substitution may be said, then, to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. Man claims prerogatives which belong to God alone; God accepts penalties which belong to man alone.[13]”
― Timothy J. Keller, Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?

“The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.”
― Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

“In the dreaming man's dream, the dreamed man awoke.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins