This cosmic potential of the believer’s mind introduces the great scandal of today’s Church: Christians without Christian minds, Christians who do not think Christianly — a tragic fact which is far more true of professing Christian men than
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“Knowing what the "right" answer was wouldn’t make it easier to carry through, however. She knew Chuck was struggling with the very same thing. Choosing wasn’t about control, though. It was about trust. Again. When she and Chuck were separated, she felt like God was trying to teach her to trust Him implicitly, before the answers came. The answers did come, along with reconciliation with her husband.”
― Precedent
― Precedent
“Even though I have nothing now, no hope for tomorrow and no prospect that anything is ever going to change for the better, I WILL CHOOSE to rejoice in God, my God, my salvation. He is my strength and He enables me to walk through these fires with confidence, like it was my natural habitat.”
― Precedent
― Precedent
“we have to re-live the gospel every time we pray. We have to re-live it every time we go to church. We have to re-live the gospel on the spot and ask ourselves what we are doing in the courtroom. We should not be there. The court is adjourned.”
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
“That is what our egos are doing all the time. Doing jobs we have no pleasure in, doing diets we take no pleasure in. Doing all kinds of things, not for the pleasure of doing them, but because we are trying to put together an impressive curriculum vitae.”
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
“pride is the pleasure of having more than the next person. Pride is the pleasure of being more than the next person.”
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
― The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
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