Topics:<\/b> Compromise; Holiness; Self-control; Spiritual Disciplines; Tolerance<\/p>\n
Reference:<\/b> 1 Thessalonians 5:1\u201310<\/p>\n
People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.<\/p>\n
\u2014D. A. Carson, For the Love of God<\/i> (Crossway, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Compromise; Holiness; Self-control; Spiritual Disciplines; Tolerance Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:1\u201310 People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift … Continue reading “DRIFTING
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