Several things from John Burke's book caught my eye in ch. 5:
P.90, from Gordon MacDonald,
"The world can do almost anything as well as or better than the church. You need not be a Christian to build houses, feed the hungry, or heal the sick. There is only one thing the world cannot do. It cannot offer grace."
p.90
"THe Buddhist eight-fold path, the Hindu doctrine of karma, the Jewish covenant, and Muslim code of law - each of these offers a way to earn approval. Grace says God accepts you and love you unconditionally -- 'as is'" (from Philip Yancey)
p. 91 "Our culture diets on the candy of tolerance, but what it craves is the meat of grace."
p.92
"The soil of acceptance allows God's grace to take root in hard hearts. Without this, no one changes."
p.95
"When Christians wrongly assume their job is to help make others acceptable - even though we could never make ourselves acceptable - this tells people that God will not accept them 'as is.'"
GOOD CHAPTER. This book is getting better as I go. I would recommend it.
Just found out my sister lost her job last night. She wants to be a lawyer, and would make a darn good one, but she's afraid to risk it. She has a couple of kids and is afraid they can't afford for her to go back to school. I wish she would go for it.
Started a new B.S. Group last night. Had 2 people besides my wife and I. It was good though. Tonight we have the usual group.
Think I'll knock off early and run on the treadmill. I've been in the office too much this week.
Peace and revolution, friends.
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