Apocalypse is arson - it secretly sets a fire in the imagination that boils the fat our of an obese culture-religion and renders a clear gospel love, a pure gospel hope, a purged gospel faith.
Eugene Peterson, “The Contemplative Pastor” (41)
Found this at the Gap today. I have got to think Kurt would roll over in his grave if he had seen it.
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1Our pastoral busyness is “irreligiosa sollicitudo pro Deo” - a blasphemous anxiety to do God’s work for him.
Hillary of Tours
Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone - Romans 12:18 - Designed by Chris Rushing. Available as a print here.
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Jesus announcement of the kingdom was a “double revolutionary” program that challenged both Israel’s self-understanding and the pretensions of the Roman Empire.
N.T. Wright quoted in James KA Smith “Desiring the Kingdom”
All that is sweet, delightful, and amiable in this world; in the serenity of the air, in the fineness of the seasons, the joy of light, the melody of sounds, the beauty of colors, the fragrance of smells, the splendor of precious stones, is nothing else but Heaven breaking through the veils of this world.
William Law, 18th Century Puritan
