If someone tries to sit in judgment over your choice to grow and bring healing to your life, before you let their words take root, take a look at their life and actions. Are they trustworthy? Are they where you’d like to be in life? Are they acting from a place of health or unhealth? Let that determine your response and how much power you give their words.
It was through suffering and being the “victims” of a broken justice system (Acts 16:37) that Paul and Silas were able to share the Gospel with the Philippian jailer (Acts 16:22-31).
A quote by Timothy Keller on navigating pluralistic societies…
“My earliest scholarship on pluralism…had convinced me that we aren’t more welcoming of differences when we water down each of our traditions, pretend they are all the same, or look only for common ground. Instead, we might imagine trees so deeply rooted that they have had the water and nutrients to grow wide branches—branches so wide that they overlap with other branches. We need those deep roots—the deep roots of our respective traditions, convictions, and practices—to fuel the growth of our branches in this world. It is as our branches grow that we might find places of overlap with others, who have their own deep roots. And as we find these overlaps, we might be able to work together toward common goals, even if animated by different reasons and convictions. To return to Augustine’s language, we might be able to join together to seek the earthly goods we share in common.” -Timothy Keller
@rustyrockets I think one cool thing about it is how it testifies to the reality of it all: Such details are given because it was real and therefore the story of the Bible reads very differently than myth. Myth doesn’t read that way. The Bible story is one of reality, not fiction.
I believe that nothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.
Randy Alcorn
Did this for the first time last year. Found it so incredibly valuable in revealing some common themes in my life throughout the year, documenting lessons learned, things to eliminate in my life, and things to prioritize more of. Highly recommend for anyone considering it!
@GutillaJohn@atrupar Roca News recently published an article on why people voted for Trump (article below). Their conclusion was (1) Economy (2) Immigration (3) Transgender Rights (4) Foreign Policy. https://t.co/GAEiiYgHa9