“Here then are the choices we all face moment by moment: Will we aim to be impressive? Will we expect to be in complete control? Will we ensure that we always come out on top as winners? Or will we be happy for the power of Christ to rest upon us in our endless weakness? 'No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save.' Neither can any church.” ChurchDependence On God Book:The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ Source: The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ
“His [God] ways are how we swim with the current of reality, how we cut with the grain, how we get home by the right road. — (Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel)” MarriageRight Road Author:Ray Ortlund