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Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive,
“This humility and willingness to give up control of your life is impossible to produce without God’s help.”
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.”
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“If hope is only rooted in an outcome, then your expectations will crush you.”
― Hope Heals
― Hope Heals
“During the crisis many churches took their Sunday and other gatherings online, and to their surprise they often got many times more viewers than they had members. It meant that at least some people were “looking in” who previously had not thought they needed spiritual resources. What we all need in such frightening times is faith in the resurrection.”
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
“These are times, moreover, when we shall learn again to make those pleas with which the Lord's Prayer begins: Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done. By these we learn to forget ourselves and our personal condition and to hold them as of little account. How are we to remain steadfast so long as we remain so important to ourselves? - Dietrich Bonhoeffer”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Man of Vision, Man of Courage
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Man of Vision, Man of Courage
Amy’s 2025 Year in Books
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