Living The Resurrection
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Just finished reading Living The Resurrection by Eugene Peterson (of The Message fame) and for the first time this year I have found a book worthy enough to record some of the quotes that I really liked! I really enjoyed this easy read, it is a clear presentation of the need for followers of Jesus to live the resurrection life everyday.
If you want to check out the quotes keep going with this link…
The do-it-yourself, self-help culture of North America has so thoroughly permeated our imaginations that we ordinarily don’t give attention to the biggest thing of all – resurrection.
Bright lights and amplification are not accessories to spiritual formation.
Without wonder, we approach spiritual formation as a self-help project. We employ techniques. We analyze gifts and potentialities. We set goals. We assess progress. Spiritual formation is reduced to cosmetics… Spiritual formation is distorted into moral workaholism or pious athleticism.
Christian practice in matters of spiritual formation goes badly astray when it attempts to construct or organize ways of spirituality apart from the ordinariness of life.
The Devil does some of his best work when he gets Christians to think of themselves as Christian laypersons.
Following Jesus gives way to following Jesus-experts. It isn’t long before I have acquired all the habits of a consumer in relation to God, letting someone else supply all the essential goods and services. I’m a religious consumer, that’s true, but a consumer all the same – a soul condition deeply marred by passivity.
That response is always physical – a following with other followers. For Jesus is going someplace with a company of people.
