Thursday, December 10, 2009

Not a task. Not a mission. Not a game plan.

Nothing new can be found inside of us. There is no inner rescuer deep in my soul; I just hear echoes of my own voice telling me all sorts of crazy things to numb my sense of fear, anxiety, and boredom, the origins of which I cannot truly identify.

But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us to accomplish, a game plan for us to follow with the help of life coaches, but as a report that someone else has already fulfilled, accomplished, followed, and achieved everything for us.


-Michael Horton, The Gospel-Driven Life (Grand Rapids, MI; Baker Books, 2009), pg 20

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