“Forgiveness doesn’t mean that we don’t take evil seriously after all; it means that we do.”
― Evil and the Justice of God
― Evil and the Justice of God
“So Paul does not look to the Corinthians for his identity. He does not go to them for the verdict that he is a ‘somebody’. He does not get that sense of identity from them. But he does not get it from himself either. He knows that trying to find self-esteem by living up to a certain set of standards is a trap.”
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
“Every day, in a thousand ways, people choose to live within a certain story of reality, be it atheism, Christianity or something else. Some do it without ever asking whether their story is true, even though they base their entire lives upon it.”
― Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian
― Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian
“A spirit of pride and a spirit of religion go hand in hand, and they strengthen each other by hiding each other.” Pride keeps a person from admitting they’ve become religious, and religion covers up the pride by its spiritual behavior.”
― The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
― The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
“First, if we don’t see Him—if we lack His manifest presence—we can’t know Him intimately. We can only know about Him, not unlike my relationship with United States presidents. Or worse, we deceive ourselves by creating a fictional Jesus. This illusion is most dangerous because we believe we know Someone we don’t. James tells us, “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves” (James 1: 22). One who is fooled believes they know someone or something, but in reality, they don’t.”
― The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
― The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
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