

“The resurrection of the dead to the glory of the new Jerusalem and a renewed earth marks the end of the wilderness. Therefore, today, in the here and now, the call of God to His church is the call to go to Him into the wilderness and to dwell with Him there while we wait the completion of His redemptive work in the world, culminating in the new creation.”
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age

“when a habit is formed, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. The patterns we have unfold automatically.”
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
― The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“Believing in no ultimate Judge who will separate the sheep from the goats, they take it upon themselves to mete out perfect justice. They believe that every moral grievance must be immediately redressed until we have perfected society. The tens of millions of people starved to death, executed, imprisoned, and aborted under communism testify to the harsh reality of this kind of human judgment. Such utopian visions have no basis for grace or mercy. Despite the well-known track record of horrors produced by this kind of godless mindset, we are seeing it return in the form of a redefined “justice” that goes by the name “social justice.” As we will see, it isn’t just at all.”
― Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis
― Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis

“Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself. IRENAEUS OF LYONS”
― The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation
― The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation

“From the imagination springs desires; from desires flow actions, which over time wear grooves into habits; from habits develop beliefs that justify; and from beliefs come doctrine.”
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
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