Musing and Quotes from My Weekend Reading
On How Sin Warps Our Emotions
“Bent creatures are full of fears.” –C.S. Lewis (Out of the Silent Planet, 122)
On the Need for both Discontentment and Contentment in the Christian Life
“The biblical summons of Christian disciples to a lifestyle of contentment in Christ does not mean declaring a truce with sin (the battle is lifelong) or making excuses about one’s besetting sins, saying “That’s just the way I am.” But it does mean being at peace with our sovereign God’s scheme of salvation history in which we journey with Jesus, even though our souls have so far to go to be brought into conformity with his glorious image.” –Peter K. Nelson, (Spiritual Formation: Ever Forming, Never Formed, 96)
John Piper on His Most Famous Quote
“God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him.”
The way things work for me is that each time I speak on this subject, I ask the Lord for fresh power and fresh words. It is amazing to me how many fresh insights come in trying to say old things in ever new ways. One day, I don’t recall when, that particular rhyming wording came to me. I am thankful for it. It does come close to summing up my life’s work.
Source: An interview with John Piper on the 25th Anniversary edition of Desiring God
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