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Lives Transforming, that is exactly why we exist. We are Christ followers learning how to be transformed into His image by renewing our minds on God's Truth.

“I sit on a mans back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means~ EXCEPT BY GETTING OFF HIS BACK” -Leo Tolstoy


"Suffering gets a bad name. Suffering is the lifeblood of growth. Suffering moves us toward God. Suffering builds faith. Suffering transforms. Suffering annihilates self-reliance. Suffering is the essence of the cross. Blessings? They are overrated." - Anonymous


"Unearned Suffering Is Redemptive" -MLK


“Holiness is not a quality to be achieved but rather a status that incorporates Israel into Yahweh's identity. Israel is holy as God is holy, that is, God has designated Israel as Holy, his holy people." -Walton


“Paganism is about getting control OVER the divine. Christianity is about letting go of control TO the divine. Most Christians are pagans.” -Anonymous


"What we needed to survive we no longer need to live." -Anonymous


"Divine judgment becomes the means of separating YHWH’s people from their sin in preparation for a restoration to covenant fellowship with their holy God." Kevin Youngblood on Jonah


“The location of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans ... that treat God as a product to be marketed.” Eugene Peterson


“The journey doesn’t go in a straight line, and if it does, you are probably on the wrong road.” -Anonymous


Satan’s argument: It’s better to reign in my own narrative than to be a minor character in God’s. -Milton


“The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full.” -Vanhoozer


"Awesome people telling us how awesome they are gets really old really fast." -Rob Bell


“Pride is horrible. Humility is wonderful. But humility is horrible when it becomes prideful.” -Anonymous


"The man who refuses to listen and to obey the Word acts not as a free man but as a slave, for there is no freedom except through God's Word." -Barth


“The church can suffer fools gladly, but it has a harder time with prophets, particularly when they threaten to interfere with profits.” -Robert McAfee Brown


“One must abandon every attempt to make something of oneself...It is in such a life that we throw ourselves utterly into the arms of God and participate in his sufferings in the world.” -Bonhoeffer


“We are called to become what we are. This is the mighty imperative of Christian ethics. Every other ethical system calls us to the costly effort of becoming what we are not.” -Motyer


"The irony of pain and suffering is that it points us to the higher joy found in Christ alone. We need to learn to judge the degree of our blessedness by the degree to which Christlikeness is being formed, not the amount of comfort and ease is afforded us." Heath Lambert


"Increasing character is not about changing into a better person. Increasing character is about a changing one's perspective." - Scott Giger


"Five lies of identity: (1) I am what I have (2) I am what I do (3) I am what other people say or think of me (3) I am nothing more than my worst moment (5) I am nothing less than my best moment." - Henri Nouwen


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