Diane

“Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.”
― Lionel Blue

“Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

“People can meet God within their cultural context but in order to follow God, they must cross into other cultures because that’s what Jesus did in the incarnation and on the cross.”
― Christena Cleveland, Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart

“Luther also said that one of our biggest problems was our own “good” works. They obscure our need for a Savior. “At the cross,” said Gerhard Forde, “God has stormed the last bastion of the self, the last presumption that you were really going to do something for him.” Genuine freedom awaits all who stop trusting in their own work and start trusting in Christ’s work.”
― Tullian Tchividjian, It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News