“Likeness comes from liking. We grow to be like that which we like.” Augustus H. Strong Or We become like what we worship.

“Hiding your sin is like gluing wallpaper over a moldy wall.”

once upon a time there was a guy who started learning about bitcoin. he bought at $54K....and shortly thereafter he noticed that the price was $16k. several years later, he noticed that the price was at $108,000. then it crashed to $86K. so, yah. he didn't sell. the end.

"My denial of my sin protects, preserves, perpetuates that sin! Ugliness in me, while I live in illusions, can only grow the uglier." W. Wangerin

"God created Adam hungry." Peter Leithart

He that can say, “This kingdom is mine,” makes a royal claim. He that can say, “This mountain of silver is mine,” makes a wealthy claim. But he that can say to the Lord, “You are my God,” has said more than all monarchs and millionaires can speak. (Spurgeon) Psalm 31:14: I say, “You are my God.”

this will help you understand the world.

A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it. In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain. (Prov. 16:14–15)

“What fallen people, who endure suffering, sin, and sorrow, disease, decay, and death, need far more than rest and restoration is resurrection, which makes them immune to all the effects of fallenness.” Ben Witherington

another good one from Doug: "Experienced pastors have sometimes had to deal with a parishioner who is caught in some sin, and that person was caught dead to rights. But in the cosmic scheme of things, that particular sin, if it were the only thing, could be dealt with in a straightforward manner, and life could return to normal. But somehow the individual resists simple repentance at every turn. Lame excuses, redefinition, flat refusals, all of that. Why the stiff resistance for something so comparatively trivial, and yet so obviously necessary?"

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