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"But should not every day of the Lorde become Easter for us? asked Arseny." page 205

"For what can be more wretched than the wretch who pities not himself shedding tears over the death of Dido for love of Aeneas, but shedding no tears over his own death in not loving Thee, O God, light of my heart, and bread of the inner mouth of my soul, and the power that weddest my mind with my innermost thoughts?" p. 15

Day 198, "Preaching:"
"Faithful gospel preaching is not an optional extra in God's plan for the church. Indeed, there is no true church without it."

Very tragic from the start

"Let us not make the mistake of the Old Keswick theology with its mantra of "Let go and let God." Justification is wholly dependent on faith apart from works of the law. But sanctifcation--born of faith, dependent on faith, powered by faith--requires moral exertion. Mortify and vivify ... is how older theologians used to put it. When it comes to growth in godliness, trusting does not put an end to trying."

"'When an Israeli man wants to date a woman, he asks her out that night. When an Israeli entrepreneur has a business idea, he will start it that week.' The notion that one should accumulate credentials before launching a venture simply does not exist."

This book is a fever dream.
Our main character wakes up one night to be invited by someone standing outside his window to drink champagne and talk philsophy with several impish children named Karl (Marx), Herbert (Spencer), Benedict (Spinoza), Rudolph (Steiner), Immanuel (Kant), and Bernard (Bosanquet).
So weird.