"Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the……" — Os Guinness
"Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen me.” We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally “have no choice."
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44 Quotes by Os Guinness
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Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires.
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We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.
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Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see.
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God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.
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Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It's the power to do what you ought.
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