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No one can now accuse God of condoning evil and so of moral indifference or injustice. The cross demonstrates with equal vividness both his justice in judging sin and his mercy in justifying the sinner. For now, as a result of the
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“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present”
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
“Increasingly, I am convinced that the Kingdom of God moves forward most enduringly when ordinary people do small things kindly and well over a long period of time.”
― The Last Sweet Mile
― The Last Sweet Mile
“In sum, the innovative, restorative work of culture-making needs to be primed by those liturgical traditions that orient our imagination to kingdom come. In order to foster a Christian imagination, we don’t need to invent; we need to remember. We cannot hope to re-create the world if we are constantly reinventing “church,” because we will reinvent ourselves right out of the Story. Liturgical tradition is the platform for imaginative innovation.”
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit | Examining How Culture Shapes Us | Deepening Discipleship through Christian Practices
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit | Examining How Culture Shapes Us | Deepening Discipleship through Christian Practices
“It is essential to keep together these two complementary ways of looking at the cross. On the human level”
― The Cross of Christ
― The Cross of Christ
“By God’s design, the sustenance that keeps you from dying is not bitter or tasteless but endless varieties of delicious. The necessary is needlessly delightful. This marriage of survival and delight is not a happy accident but a strategically planted clue to the secret of everything. This universe is the creation of a God so rich and full in himself that he needs nothing and no one else to be infinitely satisfied. This universe is not a symptom of need but a signature of generosity.”
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
― Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness
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