“Mercy is an entirely different way of reacting to offenses, to things we think are wrong. Think about this: mercy is not a non-reactive indifference—because it cares. And it’s the furthest thing from approval—because what’s happening is wrong. Mercy includes… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“No one can understand a person who isn’t willing to hold two opposites together. You can’t understand yourself without holding the creation and fall… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Here is the sweet paradox in how God works. He blesses those who admit that they need help: The poor in spirit are blessed… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Second, Jimmy lived in a universe that featured him. Everything was all about one all-important, all-offended being. Every scene in his film, every page… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Motives are your core values and commitments, what you base your identity on.” — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“His mercy is not niceness. His mercy is not blanket acceptance of any and all. Mercy to us costs him—the blood of the Lamb.… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Mercy is an entirely different way of reacting to offenses, to things we think are wrong. Think about this: mercy is not a non-reactive… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“First, notice the weather. “Our Father . . . makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“By instinct, habit, and enculturation, all of us tend to think of counseling as a human-with-human interaction. But in fact a human-with-Savior interaction must… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“To actually make peace, where open wrong, hostility, and destruction now operate, is the hardest and best work in the world. It involves saying… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Motives are not only the fine china of plausible desires and honest hurt. They are also the steel and high explosives of all-consuming self-will.” — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“Every one of us has a hard time changing. It’s hard to think straight about anger. It grabs you and it’s got you. The… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
“There’s something high and mighty about anger, when distilled to its basic elements. Anger goes wrong when you get godlike. Your desires become divine… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
