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More than that: Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them. (v. 8) They are the ones who champion anxiety and affirm restlessness. The adherents to the gods of restlessness find such a predatory society normal. And then into our midst comes this other unexpected voice from outside the Pharonic system: “Let my people go!” (Exod. 5:1).
Sabbath as Resistance, New Edition With Study Guide
Walter Brueggemann
The contemporary church model thrived in American soil. Americans’ staggeringly high appetite for church attendance, standardization, and franchising, accompanied by a significant reservoir of latent Christians who were only an invite away from re-engaging with the church, ensured that the model, if done right, could succeed. However, in other parts of the West, namely the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, the model struggled to work as they found themselves further down the road of secularization.
Disappearing Church
Mark Sayers
He would keep us from selling our birthright as creatures in God’s image—a birthright of genuine goodness, sufficiency, and power for which we are fitted by nature—for a mere bowl of soup (Genesis 25:30-31):
Renovation of the Heart
Dallas Willard
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