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Joel Hansen
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God graciously bestowed the mark of His image upon His children. This image gives us a status that cannot be taken away and a dignity unlike any other created thing.
“God in Christ has taken into Himself the brokenness of the human condition. Hence, human woundedness, brokenness, death itself are transformed from dead ends to doorways into Life. In the divinizing humanity of Christ, bruises become balm.”
― Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
― Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
“The point behind mysticism is not to dazzle the mind with ecstatic wonders or heady feelings, but to foster real and lasting changes, for the purpose of becoming more like Christ, which is to say, more compassionate, more forgiving, more committed to serving others and making the world a better place.”
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
― The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
“Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.”
― John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology
― John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology
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