Rather than viewing our strengths as the path to a meaningful and powerful life, James was calling us to view our weaknesses as the path of our calling. Seeking to live empowered by our strengths was, in his mind, a wholly unchristian way to live. The Christian way of life is living in dependence upon God, moving forward to embrace our weaknesses so that God’s glory might be revealed. This has obvious implications for how we think about ministry and calling, but it also impacts our understanding of what it means to be a human being. On this understanding of life, part of what it means to
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