If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
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As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.
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The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
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The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from…Circumcision of the heart.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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