Repenting of Virtues

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“So one of the central points of biblical satire is that we must not only repent of our sins, but also of those ‘virtues’ for which we preen ourselves. We have trouble seeing such virtues as sinful, because we have neglected the essential practice of bringing the Word of God to bear on ourselves — not just ourselves back ‘when we were pagans,’ but ourselves currently as we make those lengthy prayers in the synagogues” (A Serrrated Edge, p. 69).

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