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“Actions are not impostions on who we are, but are expressions of who we are. They come out of our heart and the inner realities it supervises and interacts with”
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ
“Christian spiritual formation rests on this indispensable foundation of death to self and cannot proceed except insofar as that foundation is being firmly laid and sustained.”
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
“External, social arrangements may be useful to this end, but they are not the end, nor are they a fundamental part of the means.”
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
“the situations in which we find ourselves are never as important as our responses to them, which come from our “spiritual” side.”
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
“This impotence of “systems” is a main reason why Jesus did not send his students out to start governments or even churches as we know them today, which always strongly convey some elements of a human system. They were, instead, to establish beachheads of his person, word, and power in the midst of a failing and futile humanity. They were to bring the presence of the kingdom and its King into every corner of human life simply by fully living in the kingdom with him.”
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
― Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ with Bonus Content
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