Ryan Jones

“Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, z we have peace G with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. aa 2 We have also obtained access through him ab by faith H into this grace in which we stand, ac and we rejoice I in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, a but we also rejoice in our afflictions, b because we know that affliction produces endurance, c 4 endurance produces proven character, d and proven character produces hope.”
― Anonymous, CSB Study Bible: Faithful and True

“To be sure, every human will stand before God to give an account for his or her life and bear the eternal weight of his or her faith or unbelief. But it also remains true that every day we are leading each other in one of two directions: (1) toward Christ and an eternal beauty that will one day take our breath away or (2) toward rejection of Christ and an eternally distorted ugliness and soul decay, reminiscent of the evil only barely hinted at in modern horror films. “It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics”—​​​and all our social media. “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations—​​​these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—​​​immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”
― Tony Reinke, 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You