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A batch of the best highlights from what Joshua's read, .
Prosperity can be as dangerous as poverty to our souls.
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Matthew Sleeth and Eugene H. Peterson
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
There’s no one who surrendered more freedom than Jesus, who went from the all-powerful second person of the Trinity to the vulnerable form of a helpless infant. He went from speaking the universe into existence by his Word to not being able to speak a word. This is what the Scriptures mean when they say that he “emptied himself” (Philippians 2:7).
The Common Rule
Justin Whitmel Earley
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