Sublime

Constantine Campbell says, While the father of the Reformation held a view of imputation that depended on union with Christ, the trajectory of later Protestantism followed Melanchthon rather than Luther. Melanchthon thought primarily of the cross as a transaction and, according to [Mark] Seifrid, “the later Protestant formulaic description of justi

My responsibility to the people I mentor is to add value. My goal is always to help them to become more than they are, not to try to make them something they’re not. These are the areas I focus on: • Strengths • Temperament • Track record • Passion • Choices • Advice • Support, Resources/People • Game plan • Feedback • Encouragement

BUT YOU ARE NOT TO BE CALLED RABBI, FOR YOU HAVE ONE TEACHER, AND YOU ARE ALL BRETHREN. —MATTHEW 20:8

Calvert readjusted his will so that Wordsworth would get £900 on the event of his death. Calvert serves as the patron saint of a rare sort of social type: the person who can see a gift in others, push that person toward their vocation, and provide practical assistance to make it happen.

Thomas Merton

It is the “although [x] not [y] but [z]” that makes justification central to Paul. It bears this form and plays this song; to put it simply, although [x] God is righteous, this righteousness does not [y] leave God to abandon us but [z] becomes sin for us so that God might minister to us (2 Cor. 5:21).