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Second time reading this. Got more out of it. Concealment of sin, danger of spiritual pride and false humility, etc. Strong book.
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“the mind is the portal to the soul, and what you fill your mind with will shape the trajectory of your character.”
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
“Pastors now are mistakenly seen, and perhaps even see themselves, as teaching what Christians are supposed to believe (perhaps what we had better believe), not what is known and what can be known through fair inquiry.”
― Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge
― Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge
“The discipline of secrecy will help us break the grip of human opinion over our souls and our actions. A discipline is an activity in our power that we do to enable us to do what we cannot do by direct effort. Jesus”
― The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
― The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
“Remember what makes prayer easy is not our wits or our understanding, but the tremendous agony of God in redemption...Prayer is not what it costs us, but what it cost God to enable us to pray.”
― If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer
― If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer
“Jesus seems to often find love in people who might not have received much love themselves. Perhaps their deep longing for it became their capacity to both receive it and give it.”
― Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
― Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
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