What then is keeping Christianity from being that guide to life which it alone can be? Christianity can only succeed as a guide for current humanity if it does two things. First, it must take the need for human transformation as seriously
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“I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.”
― The Boogeyman Papers
― The Boogeyman Papers
“You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.”
― Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon
― Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon
“Here’s some soul homework, by way of Dallas Willard: If you want to really experience the flow of love as never before, the next time you are in a competitive situation [around work or relationship or whose kids are the highest achieving or looks or whatever], pray that the others around you will be more outstanding, more praised, and more used of God than yourself. Really pull for them and rejoice in their success. If Christians were universally to do this for each other, the earth would soon be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God.”
― Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You
― Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You
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