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“consult not your fears”

February 21, 2006

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.–Pope John XXIII

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delightful?

January 29, 2006

For a while now I’ve been turning over the word delight, trying to internalize what it means for a believer. Consider these passages:

  • “his delight is in the law of the LORD” (Psalm 1:2)
  • “He delivered me, because He delighted in me” (Psalm 18:19)…
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Luther on faith

December 17, 2005

In this excerpt from his introduction to Romans, Martin Luther explains that good works spring naturally from faith; he writes, “Faith cannot help doing good works constantly.” Why? Because…

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