Eric

“Christians’ disengagement from popular culture usually carries over into dualism at work. “Dualism” is a term used to describe a separating wall between the sacred and the secular. It is a direct result of a thin view of sin, common grace, and God’s providential purposes.”
― Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work

“Without an understanding of common grace, Christians will believe they can live self-sufficiently within their own cultural enclave. Some might feel that we should go only to Christian doctors, work only with Christian lawyers, listen only to Christian counselors, or enjoy only Christian artists. Of course, all non-believers have seriously impaired spiritual vision. Yet so many of the gifts God has put in the world are given to nonbelievers. Mozart was a gift to us—whether he was a believer or not. So Christians are free to study the world of human culture in order to know more of God; for as creatures made in His image we can appreciate truth and wisdom wherever we find it.”
― Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work

“We are the accumulation of our past experiences. How we channel those experiences and knowledge into wisdom as we move forward is critical.”
― Jack Carr, True Believer

“As Luther said, “God does not need our good works; our neighbor does.”
― Michael S. Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World