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I once asked John what his purpose in ministry is today, after a million Rwandans were slaughtered in the genocide of 1994. His reply was both profound and inspiring: “We are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past.”
“If God were impersonal, as the Eastern religions teach, then love—something that can happen only between two or more persons—would be an illusion. We can go further and say that even if God were only unipersonal, then love could not have appeared until after God began to create other beings. That would mean God was more fundamentally power than he was love. Love would not be as important as power.”
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
― Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“We all face things that appear to make little sense and don’t seem to serve any good purpose. So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good.”
― New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
― New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
“Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER”
― Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
― Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
“You introduce the truth of Romans 8 to every corner of the room, every dark place in your heart, as often as you can, as much as you can, as fiercely as you can.”
― The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together
― The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together
“I don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ.”
― How to Overcome Evil
― How to Overcome Evil
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