“I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other”
–Isaiah 42:8
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“My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.”
–Charles Wesley
“Not a minor omission”
Yet from what are human beings to be rescued? Their sin, yes; the powers of darkness; yes. But what is striking is the utter absence of any mention of the wrath of God. This is not a minor omission. Section after section of the Bible’s story turns on the fact that God’s image bearers attract God’s righteous wrath. The entire created order is under God’s curse because of human sin. Sin is not first and foremost horizontal, social (though of course it is all of that): it is vertical, the defiance of Almighty God.
–Timothy Keller
“While Counterculturalists are often too afraid of exercising power in society, many Transformationalists are not afraid enough.”
–Timothy Keller
“Oh Lord, say to my soul, ‘I am your salvation!’”
–Psalm 35:3
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
–1 Corinthians 16:13
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”
–Deuteronomy 30:19
“Confusion about hypocrisy”
“Sexy ’n’ Spiritual”
Sheesh.
“Jesus was killed outside the city that was, to give us the city to come, and makes us light in the city that is.”
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness…”
–Isaiah 43:19
“Keller on thinking through church size; especially helpful for the church planter”
“Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.”
–Psalm 25:8
“That man’s voice hurts my throat.”
—Liv, age 6, while listening to Louis Armstrong
“It is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised he would. Be very careful, therefore, to love him foremost.”
–Joshua 23:10-11