The opposite of fear is love. Fear is self-centeredness. Love is self-giving. The only way to finally destroy fear is in community. (Tim Keller, sermon on praying fears).
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Timothy Keller
Posted in Community, Fear, Love, Selfishness on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Soren Kierkegaard
Posted in Blindness, Fear, Freedom, Masquerade, Meaning on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when everyone has thrown off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight to avoid this? Or are you terrified by it? I have seen men in real life [...]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Posted in Christmas, Fear, Incarnation, Love on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God’s coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God’s coming should arouse in us. We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the [...]
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