To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.
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To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.
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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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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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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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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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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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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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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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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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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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