Too often the Christian faith is animated by either an intellectual desire to make sure the right set of propositional boxes are checked off, a moral impulse to tighten the screws in order to become more virtuous, or a heart matter of feeling more spiritual warmth toward God. Too rarely is Christian faith seen to be what it actually is: a lively and holy process of having inner dragons slain and having spells that have been cast broken on our behalf. When the apostle Paul asks the early church, “Who has bewitched you?” and pleads for their return to what they know to be true, we should take
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