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The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.
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jesus
sinfulness
regeneration
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Fulton J. Sheen |
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We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead.
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regeneration
theology
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R.C. Sproul |
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"This figure upon the Cross is not a MVD agent or a Gestapo inquisitor, but a Divine Physician, Who only asks that we bring our wounds to Him in order that He may heal them. If our sins be as scarlet, they shall be washed white as snow, and if they be as red as crimson, they shall be made white as wool. Was it not He Who told us, "I say to you, that even so there shall be more joy in Heaven upon one sinner that doth penance than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance" (Luke 15:7)? In the story of the prodigal, did He not describe the Father as saying, "Let us eat and make merry: because this my son was dead and is come to life again; was lost and is found" (Luke 15:23, 24)? Why is there more joy in Heaven for the repentant sinner than for the righteous? Because God's attitude is not judgment but love. In judgment, one is not as joyful after doing wrong as before; but in love, there is joy because the danger and worry of losing that soul is past. He who is sick is loved more than he who is well, because he needs it more. Some will feign sickness to solicit love and pretend wounds that the beloved may bind them."
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regeneration
repentance
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Fulton J. Sheen |
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Christianity tells a big story. It allows us to see our own story in a new way.
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renewal
regeneration
narrative
story-telling
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Alister E. McGrath |
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The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some individuals faced with a traumatic event actually develop new strength.
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renewal
regeneration
resilience
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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I knew that the Name was still with him, animating his soul, even as his body failed.
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renewal
regeneration
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Geraldine Brooks |
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Men raised in a culture of blood revenge do not change in a day.
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legalism
renewal
regeneration
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Geraldine Brooks |
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He gave himself fully to the penitent life, fasting, praying, confessing his wickedness and execrating himself in public. He became a better man in the small matters of his days, an even better, wiser king in the great matters of state.
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renewal
regeneration
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Geraldine Brooks |
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"He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth." Nancy Reagan on her husband"
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regeneration
resurrection
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Bill O'Reilly |