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William Barclay · 1975
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Love, cruciform humility, and resurrection reshape every human community that dares to call itself the body of Christ.
faith-and-doubt
To decorate the story of the cross with rhetoric would make people think more of the speaker than of the message — Paul set before them Christ in all his lonely grandeur.
BARC-CORS-RC-026Augustine found a parallel in Greek philosophy to almost all Christianity, but one thing he never found: 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.'
BARC-CORS-RC-028belonging
One of the first appearances of the risen Lord was to the disciple who had denied him — the one desire of Jesus was to set this erratic disciple upon his feet.
BARC-CORS-RC-141So much Christianity is good but unkind — Philip II of Spain was most religious, yet founded the Inquisition, thinking he served God by massacring those who differed.
BARC-CORS-RC-118obedience-and-authority
Becoming all things to all people is not hypocrisy — those who never attempt to understand others' minds will never succeed as pastors, evangelists, or even friends.
BARC-CORS-RC-086Christian freedom must be used to help others, not shock or hurt them — we have a duty to ourselves but a still greater duty to others.
BARC-CORS-RC-0966 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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