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Simple, clear. The global church needs more works like this that can easily be translated for the purpose of discipleship.
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“Have I ever told you that you always know the perfect thing to say to cheer me up?” “No, you haven’t.” “Good.”
― Fight and Flight
― Fight and Flight
“Those who remain alone with their evil are left utterly alone. It is possible that Christians may remain lonely in spite of daily worship together, prayer together, and all their community through service.
We are not allowed to be sinners. Many Christians would be unimaginably horrified if a real sinner were suddenly to turn up among the pious. So we remain alone with our sin, trapped in lies and hypocrisy... However, the grace of the gospel, which is so hard for the pious to comprehend, confronts us with the truth. It says to us, you are a sinner, a great, unholy sinner. Now come, as the sinner that you are, to your God who loves you. For God wants you as you are, not desiring anything from you-a sacrifice, a good deed- but rather desiring you alone. "My child, give me your heart" (Prov. 23:26). God has come to you to make the sinner blessed. Rejoice! This message is liberation through truth.
It is not experience with life but experience of the cross that makes one suited to hear confession. The most experienced judge of character knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the cross of Jesus.”
― Life Together 546HGFHFG
We are not allowed to be sinners. Many Christians would be unimaginably horrified if a real sinner were suddenly to turn up among the pious. So we remain alone with our sin, trapped in lies and hypocrisy... However, the grace of the gospel, which is so hard for the pious to comprehend, confronts us with the truth. It says to us, you are a sinner, a great, unholy sinner. Now come, as the sinner that you are, to your God who loves you. For God wants you as you are, not desiring anything from you-a sacrifice, a good deed- but rather desiring you alone. "My child, give me your heart" (Prov. 23:26). God has come to you to make the sinner blessed. Rejoice! This message is liberation through truth.
It is not experience with life but experience of the cross that makes one suited to hear confession. The most experienced judge of character knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the cross of Jesus.”
― Life Together 546HGFHFG
“The sun was faithful again that morning, rising above the farm with a shine so fresh it tasted like gazpacho.”
― Straw House
― Straw House
“Dragon pens?” Brewster asked.
Phillip said, “It’s a long story.”
Gary said, “Yeah. Some would say too long, too fragmented, and without clearly defined stakes...”
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Phillip said, “It’s a long story.”
Gary said, “Yeah. Some would say too long, too fragmented, and without clearly defined stakes...”
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“Being a grown-up is like when someone trains their dog to sit with a weenie balanced on its nose until they give the dog permission to eat it, but you’re the one with the weenie on your nose and you’re the one withholding permission from yourself to eat it. Learning not to allow yourself to do all the dumb things you’d really like to do is part of what makes you an adult. So is learning not to snicker every time your father says weenie.”
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