Join The Underlines // The Best Of What I Read

A batch of the best highlights from what Joshua's read, .

By ultimately I mean what we love “above all,” that to which we pledge allegiance, that to which we are devoted in a way that overrules other concerns and interests.[18] Our ultimate love is what defines us, what makes us the kind of people we are. In short, it is what we worship.

Desiring the Kingdom

James K. A. Smith

It is common today to hear Christians talk of their “brokenness.” But when you listen closely, you may discover that they are talking about their wounds, the things they have suffered, not about the evil that is in them.

Renovation of the Heart

Dallas Willard

It wasn’t until reading Genesis one day that I finally came to a theological understanding of what had been happening in the pottery shop all along. “And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food” (Genesis 2:9). This verse caught my eye because it explains the very metaphor that I had adopted to describe my pottery trips: sight and food. The stomach was made to hunger for food; the eye was made to hunger for beauty. We were made to consume beautiful things. Excellent music, great films, stunning performances—these are all food for the hungry soul.

The Common Rule

Justin Whitmel Earley

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