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Luther was an expert in the law of God, and every day he was in terror as he looked in the mirror of the law and examined his life against God’s righteousness. We are not in terror, because we have blocked out the view of God’s righteousness. We judge ourselves on a curve, measuring ourselves against others. We never judge ourselves according to
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a core purpose of Jewish law is to articulate those limits, helping us discipline ourselves without becoming ascetics and enjoy ourselves without becoming hedonists.
Sarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
Andrew Root • 1 highlight
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Sauvage developed his own theory about the righteous: that they are happy, secure people with a profound awareness of who they are.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Faith After Foundationalism: Plantinga-rorty-lindbeck-berger-- Critiques And Alternatives
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The offer of the gospel is to be made not to the righteous or even the repentant, but to all.
Sinclair B. Ferguson • The Whole Christ
This is the pastoral posture we are exhorted to in 1 Peter 5:3: “not domineering.” There are lots of ways pastors become domineering over those in their charge, but the first step is usually to remove oneself more and more from them. When the local church body stops being “the flock of God that is among you,” it becomes much easier to treat them as
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