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“God made us alive and secured us in Christ so that he could make us the beneficiaries of everlasting kindness from infinite riches of grace. This is not because we are worthy. Quite the contrary, it is to show the infinite measure of his worth.”
― John Piper, Future Grace: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

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“Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

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“It is said that the difference between God and us is that God never thinks he is us. Genesis suggests some nuancing of that insight. God doesn’t mind sharing with us the divine life and the divine image and thus the divine responsibility for the world, and eventually God will become one of us.”
― John E. Goldingay, Genesis for Everyone: Part 1 Chapters 1-16

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“Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest.”
― Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now

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“Thus I have come to think that the fourth commandment on sabbath is the most difficult and most urgent of the commandments in our society, because it summons us to intent and conduct that defies the most elemental requirements of a commodity-propelled society that specializes in control and entertainment, bread and circuses … along with anxiety and violence.”
― Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now

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