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Eugene Peterson

Posted in Church, Commitment, Community, Discipleship, Faith, Religion, Sex, Spirituality, Worship on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Shun spirituality that does not require commitment. Personal commitment to the God personally revealed in Jesus is at the heart of spirituality. Faddish spiritualities, within or without the church, ignore or deny commitment…
Spirituality without commitment is analogous to sexuality without commitment—quick and casual, superficial and impersonal, selfish and loveless—eventually a parody of its initial [...]

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C.F. Blumhardt

Posted in Autonomy, Blindness, Character, Christian Life, Commitment, Culture, Desire, Discipleship, Experience, Faith, God, Heart, Humanity, Love, Meaning, Sin, Social Problems, Spirituality, Values, Worship on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You rack your brain to solve the mystery of the Savior, but you would do better to examine the puzzle of your own heart. You should be wondering why you are so impenetrable: why your intentions, which are always so noble, are followed by so few good deeds; why, despite your pious impulses, your life [...]

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John Piper

Posted in Beauty, Commitment, Creator, God, Incarnation on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You find a God whose commitment to the cause of his people is grounded not in his people but in himself. His passion to save and to purify feeds itself not from the shallow soil of our value but from the infinite depth of his own…The deepest reason given for God’s commitment to his people [...]

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