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Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

by Michael Reeves (Goodreads Author)

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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

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Apologetics at the Cross: An Introduction for Christian Witness by Joshua D. Chatraw

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We live in the twilight of both gods and idols. But their ghosts have refused to depart, and every once in a while we might be surprised to find ourselves tempted by belief . . . On the other hand, even as faith endures in our secular age, ...more

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“I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.”
― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

tags: desiring, god, john-piper, satisfaction, sin

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“Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty, not because God is mean or fault- finding or finger-pointing but because he wants us to know the joy of being cleaned out, ready for all the good things he now has in store.”
― N.T. Wright

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“You can avoid Jesus as Savior by keeping all the moral laws. If you do that, then you have “rights.” God owes you answered prayers, and a good life, and a ticket to heaven when you die. You don’t need a Savior who pardons you by free grace, for you are your own Savior.”
― Timothy Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

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“To truly become Christians we must also repent of the reasons we ever did anything right.”
― Timothy Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

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“The problem is that contemporary people think life is all about finding happiness. We decide what conditions will make us happy and then we work to bring those conditions about. To live for happiness means that you are trying to get something out of life. But when suffering comes along, it takes the conditions for happiness away, and so suffering destroys all your reason to keep living. But to “live for meaning” means not that you try to get something out of life but rather that life expects something from us. In other words, you have meaning only when there is something in life more important than your own personal freedom and happiness, something for which you are glad to sacrifice your happiness.129”
― Timothy Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

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