“We become either agents of God's healing and liberating grace or carriers of the sickness of the world.”
― Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
― Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
“David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand.
And what was that?
God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain.
God wanted a broken vessel.”
― A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
And what was that?
God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain.
God wanted a broken vessel.”
― A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
“Our cross is the point of our unlikeness to the image of Christ, where we must die to self in order to be raised by God into wholeness of life in the image of Christ right there at that point.
So the process of being conformed to the image of Christ takes place at the points of our unlikeness to Christ, and the first step is confrontation.”
― Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
So the process of being conformed to the image of Christ takes place at the points of our unlikeness to Christ, and the first step is confrontation.”
― Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
“The key to inner transformation is the application of Christ's work on the cross for this life, not only for the life to come.”
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“A Christian goes to college to discover his vocation - and to develop skills necessary to occupy a section of cultural, intellectual domain in a manner worthy of the kingdom of God.
A believer also goes to college to gain general information and habits of thought necessary for developing a well-structured soul suitable for a well-informed, good citizen of both earthly and heavenly kingdoms.”
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A believer also goes to college to gain general information and habits of thought necessary for developing a well-structured soul suitable for a well-informed, good citizen of both earthly and heavenly kingdoms.”
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