"A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs."
"Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions."
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Source: Calvin Miller (1984). “The Table of Inwardness”, Intervarsity Press
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