The term “engagement” is part of the familiar, sanitized language that hides how stupid a machine we have built. We must start using terms like “addiction” and “behavior modification.” Here’s another example of sanitized language: We still
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“Whenever you place the cause of one of your actions outside yourself, it’s an excuse and not a reason.”
― It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
― It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
“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
“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
“There is no one we swindle more than we swindle ourselves. There is no one we run to defend more than we do ourselves. And like every other spiritually blind person, Joe was blind to his blindness.”
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
― Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry
“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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