Macrina wiederkehr biography of abrahams
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Snoopy crouches in blowing snow at Charlie Brown&#;s door with his food dish clamped between his teeth. "Go! Be warmed and filled!" chimes Charlie Brown&#;and shuts the door. "What good is that?" Snoopy mutters as he trudges back to his doghouse. James&#; point exactly.
"What good is it if a man claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can that faith save him?" No, indeed. Faith cannot exist apart from character.
Real faith regenerates. If it is not changing me into another, better version of myself my faith is at best defective, or worse, it may be stone, cold dead. This is the inescapable conclusion to which James keeps drawing us in his book.
Martin Luther was at first troubled by James&#; emphasis, which is why he saddled the work with that dubious epithet, "an epistle of straw." "It really is a dangerous and bad book," he wrote on one occasion, "I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove." Later, however, Luther changed his mind and had kinder things to say: "I think highly of James now," he wrote, "and regard it as valuable."
Luther&#;s initial antipathy to James was based on his perception that James and Paul were at variance. James, he thought, flatly contradicted Paul&#;s emphasis that we are saved not by works but by faith and faith alone (Romans ). But
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From A Tree Full Of Angels
My morning stroll has taken me farther than I had intended. Sauntering up the hill, wading through the autumn leaves, I breathe in the crisp morning air. It is just dawn. Standing still for a moment, I see the first rays of sunlight shimmering through a silver maple tree. It is truly a moment of wonder, resplendent with light. I stand gazing as one in the midst of a vision. Suddenly I am uncertain whether those golden arms swaying in the morning sunlight are tree branches or angel wings. Such shining I find overpowering. My wondering heart is filled with joy.
And then in a twinkling I&#;m certain. I am standing before a tree full of angels dazzling me with their glorious presence. Bright wings of fire all aglow. Such beauty! Celestial bodies trembling in the trees! Trembling in awe over the beauty of a world that I take for granted. A tree bespangled with glory! Radiant Light! Angel wings, like stars, glistening in every branch. It&#;s gold and silver everywhere I look.
So what do I do? What do I do with this vision that Heaven has blessed me with? If I am an adult I keep very quiet about this vision, carefully guarding my reputation. I tell no one. If I am a child, or if I have a child&#;s heart, I cannot contain the vision
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Space accomplish love what a comely concept. Macrina Wiederkehr equates this "space of love" to friendliness in that chapter. Store makes sense. It resonates. It fits.
The crack quote bring the chapter: "Offer amicability also disturb the outsider who lives in your own heart."
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