“That man across the desk is telling the truth for now, just this moment. But he is a liar telling the truth, and it almost suits him” (Evangellyfish, p. 49).
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True Individuality
“Imitation is not a way to lose our individuality for good — it is part of the gospel pattern by which we receive back what we love for the sake of Christ. As we imitate one another in this way, we become more truly ourselves” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 14).
But the Time Is Coming
“When the prodigal son ran off and starting buying drinks on the house for everyone, he did not run out of money on the first day” (5 Cities, p. 175).
On the Strict Side
“That’ll take some getting used to on my part. In my church back home, if I had ever called Pastor Hill Bruce, my mother would have found the dullest butter knife in her drawer and skinned me with it. Then she would have had the knife mounted as a trophy. No remorse on her part …
Well, That’s Awkward
“If we ask God to forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, then it might appear that we are really asking God not to forgive us at all” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 14).
It Works Because It Trusts God
“The tidy-minded think that a given intersection on the north end of town should have only one gas station. That would be efficient and would not be wasteful. And societies that have opted for central planning get one efficient gas station, the only problem being that it doesn’t have any gas. The ‘inefficient’ system has …
Botanical Orcs
“The landscaped slopes on either side of the broad steps were covered with junipers, which Rourke had long considered to be the orcs of the plant kingdom. The automatic sprinklers on a timer were busily spritzing them, which just made them wet, botanical orcs” (Evangellyfish, p. 37).
The Way He Said to Do It
“But humility does not mean adopting an ‘aw, shucks’ posture. Real humility is doing what God says to do” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 13).
Pre Regulated
“With five thousand wild bronco entrepreneurs and only six bureaucrats trying to put a bit and bridle on them, it takes a while. And when it does happen, it is usually because some of the more successful entrepreneurs want to keep others from doing the same thing because that might bring them the nuisance of …
On Stilts and Steroids
“Chad’s great gift was that of being able to contain and almost completely suppress that internal sense of weightlessness and panic that he kept in an isolated chamber somewhere in the nether regions of his gut. This time the panic was a category hitherto unknown to him . . . this was panic on stilts …