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may you not be seduced by this mythological concept of separation of church and state.
“I really wanted to punish humanity, but I realized that I was playing God, and that didn't work.”
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“Surely there can be no more superficial people than the Japanese. They were not able to transcend the demon of economic development and as a result, we have the corruption of the world, the loss of ideals, and the worship of material things.”
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“There is nothing peculiarly Christian about moods of exaltation and triumph, or passing feelings of one sort or another; these kinds of changes happen just about every time one goes to a movie (156).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
“Christianity is not a therapy for those who wish never to be upset (177).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
“We must become friends of despair if we are to be drawn above it to genuine and heartfelt hope. Far from being
an exercise in morbidity or arrogance, a deepening acquaintance with our
death and with the vanity of human wishes is our worldly hearts a
needed path to perfect health (61).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
an exercise in morbidity or arrogance, a deepening acquaintance with our
death and with the vanity of human wishes is our worldly hearts a
needed path to perfect health (61).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
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Post tenebras lux: A reformed readers book club. Reading books by reformers, puritans, and those who love them.
Classical (Laissez-Faire) Liberalism
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