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The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse

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“And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

tags: inspirational

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“A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.”
― Shane Claiborne

tags: celebrities, martyrs

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“It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard for seekers to find God nowadays.”
― Shane Claiborne

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“But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last will be first, I started wondering why I was working so hard to be first.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

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“Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would declare God's blessing on the po0r rather than on the rich and would insist that it's not enough to just love your friends. I just began to wonder if anybody still believed Jesus meant those things he said.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

tags: christian-behavior, christianity

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