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Francois de Sales: confession

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209
Meditation:
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
—James 5:16 (ESV)
Quotation:
It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end.
… François de Sales (1567-1622), Introduction to the Devout Life [16..

Barth: sin as universal enmity

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Meditation:
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconc..

Williams: the struggle with evil

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Monday, June 20, 2016
Meditation:
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.
—Romans 12:3 (ESV)
Quotation:
We cannot understand the depth of the Christian doctrine of sin if we give to it only a moral connotation. To break the basic laws of justice and decency is sin indeed. Man’s freedom to honor principles is the moral di..

Luccock: the Gospel vs. good advice

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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Meditation:
… but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
—Romans 9:31-33 (ESV)

Quotation:
The Christian message is not an exhortation—“tr..

Schaeffer: bringing healing

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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253
Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752
Meditation:
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
—Romans 15:1 (ESV)
Quotation:
Only the one who has been hurt can bring healing. The other person cannot. It is the one who has been hurt who has to be willing to be hurt again to show love, if there is to be hope that healing will come…