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“This spirit of accusation, this devil, has a good cop/bad cop routine. The indulgent cop, the one who seems so nice, invites you to smoke this, sleep with her, take that , strive for the other, and to help yourself to this, which was just sitting there. We chase after honors, orgasms, riches, and all their accoutrements. The world is filled with shiny baubles, and we are positively enticed to fondle them all. Having done so, like so many monkeys offered some free nuts, we hear the shutter click of all the hidden cameras, and that information about what we have done goes into our file.”

All the Condemnation in the World, p. 5

[Concerning 2 Therss. 3:6-8] “So what is the apostolic tradition? Work hard. Show up on time. Don’t call in sick when you aren’t. Don’t be a malingerer. In short, the apostolic tradition is not esoteric at all. Change your oil every three thousand miles. Rotate your tires.”

Mines of Difficulty, p. 81

“When we surrender the glory of man, He invites us up into the glory of God.”

Mines of Difficulty, p. 82

“A church that does not practice church discipline is a church with an immune system collapse.”

Mines of Difficulty, p. 89

“Damnation is a function of loving a lie, preeminently the lies you tell yourself. Self-deception is the prince of all deceptions. The wrath of God is seen in this, when God gives people over to what they have loved all along.”

Mines of Difficulty, pp. 78-79

“In Heaven and Hell, we become what we have always been becoming. Men and women who love Christ will grow to love Him more and more, while men and women who hate Him will only sink deeper into that hatred.”

Mines of Difficulty, p. 73

“You don’t want to be the gardener who gets so focused on pulling weeds that he forgets he is doing so in order to grow something else. It is supposed to be a flower garden, not a no-weeds dirt patch.”

Mines of Difficulty, p. 68