The ability to listen to anyone has been replaced by the capacity to shut out everyone, particularly those who disagree with us or don’t get to the point fast enough.
“I wonder if being angrily shouted at or arrogantly debated with has ever swayed a single person? Are human hearts moved by being ridiculed and mocked? When people fling accusations with the presumption of knowing another person’s intentions, what possible outcome could they be hoping for? Who would ever move to their enemy’s camp under such treatment?”
― Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
― Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
“You have no shot at experiencing real change in life if you’re habitually protecting your image, hyping your spiritual brand, and putting out the vibe that you’re a lot more unfazed by temptation than the reality you know and live would suggest.”
― Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change
― Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change
“Human beings are always assigning to themselves some kind of identity. There are only two places to look. Either you will be getting your identity vertically, from who you are in Christ, or you will be shopping for it horizontally in the situations, experiences, and relationships of your daily life. This”
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
“Pain is a part of progress. Anything that grows experiences some pain. If I avoid all pain, I’m avoiding growth.”
― Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth
― Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth
“This is why the Word of God is so essential in the daily, ongoing life of a believer. Because from the minute you close your Bible in the morning, you’re entering a world that’s fighting every truth and teaching it represents. At every turn. And if God’s message is not deep inside you, where you can meditate on it, return to it, and frequently call it back to mind, you won’t be able to discern what’s really true from what may be really intriguing, really alluring, really convincing, but really false. And really defeating.”
― Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change
― Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change
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