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“The church is biblical, therefore, when it seeks to embody the words in the power of the Spirit and so become a living commentary. The church is thus not only the "people of the book" but also "the (lived) interpretation of the book.”
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“The struggle is real because the danger is real. It is the danger of living the whole of our life as one long defense against the reality of our condition.”
― Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
― Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
“Leaders do not choose, rather they respond to God choosing them. Thus, the first responsive step of leadership is of utmost importance. It is an act of rebellion against the society of the spectacle - It is to relinquish a life of many options so that you can receive God's one option.”
― Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm
― Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm
“Knowledge is essential, but it’s not sufficient.”
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“Hope, on one hand, is an absurdity too embarrassing to speak about, for it flies in the face of all those claims we have been told are facts. Hope is the refusal to accept the reading of reality which is the majority opinion; and one does that only at great political and existential risk. On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.”
― The Prophetic Imagination
― The Prophetic Imagination
Christian Theological/Philosophical Book Club
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Pass it on.
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A place to share books that various generations/congregations in our church (SCCEFC) are reading. Feel free to add books to the group that you recom ...more
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