“Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.” GivingTryingLittlesDoeSaidPlayFacesCertainJesusSinPracticeFailingWillingHabitInvolvedGiving UpCommitmentHonestlyHolinessDiscipleNot Giving UpLuke Book:The Pursuit of Holiness Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
“We must experiment, fail, and try again, but beginning with a critique of legal reform and a commitment to center the most vulnerable moves us away from some of the most common, obvious pitfalls of neoliberal social movement strategies.” TryingMovingSocialCommonFailingMovementCommitmentStrategyObviousExperimentsVulnerableReformCritiqueTry AgainPitfallsSocial Movements Author:Dean Spade
“The gospel of submission, commitment, decision, and victorious living is not good news about what God has achieved but a demand to save ourselves with God’s help. Besides the fact that Scripture never refers to the gospel as having a personal relationship with Jesus nor defines faith as a decision to ask Jesus to come into our heart, this concept of salvation fails to realize that everyone has a personal relationship with God already: either as a condemned criminal standing before a righteous judge or as a justified coheir with Christ and adopted child of the Father.” HeartChildrenFactsHelpingAsksFatherJesusChristRealizingDecisionFailingJudgingDemandNewsConceptsCommitmentStandingSalvationCriminalsScriptureRighteousGood NewsSubmissionJustifiedAdoptedRelationship With GodPersonal RelationshipsPersonal Relationship With GodAdopted Children Book:Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church Source: Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
“As fleeting commitments, diets often fail. Thinking of dietary choices as part of who you are...can give them real staying power” ThinkingGivingRealChoicesFailingCommitmentWho You AreDietsStayingFleetingStaying Power Author:Nir Eyal
“I was afraid that that Catch-22 would cause VR to fail to achieve liftoff. That worry is now gone. Facebook's acquisition of Oculus means that VR is going to happen in all its glory. The resources and long-term commitment that Facebook brings gives Oculus the runway it needs to solve the hard problems of VR – and some of them are hard indeed. I now fully expect to spend the rest of my career pushing VR as far ahead as I can.” NeedsGivingMeanLongI CanHardProblemHappensCausesTermCareersWorryGoneFailingAchieveGloryCommitmentResourcesSolveLong TermPushingAcquisitionRunway Author:Michael Abrash