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If we give priority to the outer life, our inner life will be dark and scary. We will not know what to do with solitude. We will be deeply uncomfortable with self-examination, and we will have an increasingly short attention span for any kind of reflection. Even more seriously, our lives will lack integrity. Outwardly, we will need to project confidence, spiritual and emotional health and wholeness, while inwardly we may be filled with self-doubts, anxieties, self-pity, and old grudges.

Tim Keller in Prayer

—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Makes me think of “self-control” being a fruit of his Spirit.

Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it.

Jer 29:7

At the end of the day, the whole cycle is quite theological — even if we don’t realize it. (Even if we don’t like theology!) Our longing for something new is planted in us by God himself, and our celebration of the New Year — and all the commitments and resolutions that come along with it — is a reflection of the way He made us.

A 2012 Harvard University research study revealed that sharing personal information about ourselves is an intrinsically rewarding activity targeting the ‘nucleas accumbens’ area of the brain.

—John Stott

— Proverbs 4:23

Eric Metaxes in the WSJ:

Fred Hoyle, who coined the term ‘big bang,’ said that his atheism was ‘greatly shaken’ at these developments.’

Tim Keller on vocation.

These leaders advise a ministry residency: (min. 9.00)

Isaiah 9:6

Via CT:

The whole corporate model for managing a church has infiltrated and affected the church more than anybody realizes.

A panel conversation on the gospel and race.