“No matter how our stories begin, we are responsible for writing the ending.”
Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson, The Externally Focused Life. (Kindle location 141).
Category: random philosophical rant
divine right
“God the Creator alone has the right to determine when someone lives and dies, and abortion flies directly in the face of his authority.”
David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.61.
abortion alert
“As multitudes (115,000) of babies are dismembered and destroyed daily, this is clearly an issue where the gospel requires us to counter culture.”
David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.57.
long-term treasure
“Jesus has put before us a choice: we can spend our resources on short-term pleasures that we cannot keep, or we can sacrifice our resources for long-term treasure that we’ll never lose.”
David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.52.
saving for what?
“The entire concept of saving money so that we can live a life of ease and self-indulgence has no biblical foundation whatsoever.”
David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.37.
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