Those Who Have The Disease

Sheer Scholarship Alone Cannot Reveal To Us The Gospel Of Grace. We Must Never Allow The Authority Of Books, Institutions, Or Leaders To Replace The Authority Of Knowing Jesus Christ Personally And Directly. When The Religious Views Of Others Interpose Between Us And The Primary Experience Of Jesus As The Christ, We Become Unconvicted And Unpersuasive Travel Agents Handing Out Brochures To Places We Have Never Visited.

One Of My Realizations In Such An Earthy Atmosphere Was That Many Of The Burning Theological Issues In The Church Were Neither Burning Nor Theological.

Suffering, Failure, Loneliness, Sorrow, Discouragement, And Death Will Be Part Of Your Journey, But The Kingdom Of God Will Conquer All These Horrors. No Evil Can Resist Grace Forever.

While The Impostor Draws His Identity From Past Achievements And The Adulation Of Others, The True Self Claims Identity In Its Belovedness. We Encounter God In The Ordinariness Of Life: Not In The Search For Spiritual Highs And Extraordinary, Mystical Experiences But In Our Simple Presence In Life.

My Trust In God Flows Out Of The Experience Of His Loving Me, Day In And Day Out, Whether The Day Is Stormy Or Fair, Whether I'm Sick Or In Good Health, Whether I'm In A State Of Grace Or Disgrace. He Comes To Me Where I Live And Loves Me As I Am.