Sublime

John Wesley,

It encourages people to depend on Christ rather than on us. We must faithfully present ourselves as people who need Christ every moment of every day. We are never more than his ambassadors, his instruments of change. It encourages humility and honesty. One of the radical differences between secular therapy and biblical ministry is the importance of

He is calling us back from the disinhibition, and accompanying lack of charity, generated by a set of technologies that allow us to converse and debate with people who are not, in the historical sense of the term, our neighbors. Technologies of communication that allow us to overcome the distances of space also allow us to neglect the common humani

unchanged from the original published forms, although I have made a few adjustments - such as adding some additional footnotes and providing section headings in those essays where there were none in the original.In the subtitle I have chosen for this volume, I have characterized my various explorations as being in Kuyper's "line." The exp

At bottom, love as a posture values and pursues the flourishing of others.

Notice that the goal is to be at peace, to live in harmony with all men—believers and unbelievers. Why? Our testimony is more important than our rights. How we respond to injustice and personal attacks is more important than getting our way or proving that we’re right.

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