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Our sanctification—the process of becoming holy and Christlike—is more like a Weight Watchers program than listening to a book on tape.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
“Kevin, if you’ve lost faith, borrow mine.”
John C. Maxwell • The Complete 101 Collection: What Every Leader Needs to Know
Once the congregation concedes to helping people find fullness through busyness, it sets itself up to lose them.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
God’s much better role—which is to help you know what you really desire (Luke 11:13; Matthew 7:11).
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
God has instilled a unique personality in each one of us for his glory.
Erik Rees • S.H.A.P.E.: Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life
Les Stobbe, Max Lucado, Charlie Wetzel, Les Parrott, Bob Buford,
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
Can you sense God’s heart to be loved for who He is and not what He can do for us?
Cheryl McKay • Finally the Bride - Finding Hope While Waiting: The Single Woman’s Guide to the Wait for a Husband and Marriage
American Protestantism, whether in megachurch or mainline form, has done the same. This is not an insignificant choice. Choosing speed and growth over personhood10 allows our relationships to be instrumentalized. Relationships are used as instruments to attain something other than relationship.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
we asserted that faith formation begins with a death experience (the cross).