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The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
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Do we love God and others enough to drop the pretense and just be ourselves? Only the gospel simultaneously provides the humility and the confidence the pastor needs to be his real self. The pastorate is no place for image-managing, for worrying about our own PR. In any event, if everybody likes you, something’s wrong, and if everybody hates you, s
... See moreJared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification
Forgiveness given and forgiveness received are always the pure work of uncreated grace. Such unearned and undeserved forgiveness is necessary to break down the quid pro quo world that I call meritocracy. Only when we experience undeserved love does this inward and outward flow begin to happen. Before that, we are dry, dead cisterns. Before that, we... See more
Forgiveness and Freedom
Mercy is a way to describe the mystery of forgiveness. More than a description of something God does now and then, it is who God is . According to Jesus, “Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice” (Matthew 9:13, 12:7). The word is hesed in Hebrew, and it means steadfast, enduring, unbreakable love. Sometimes the word is translated as “lovingkindness... See more
Richard Rohr • Receiving God’s Mercy
God smiles when we praise and thank him continually.
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Three Goodnesses
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