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“And this is the thing about soft totalitarianism: It seduces those �� even Christians �� who have lost the capacity to love enduringly, for better or for worse. They think love, but they merely desire. They think they follow Jesus, but in fact, they merely admire him. Each of us thinks we wouldn’t be like that. But if we have accepted the lie of our therapeutic culture, which tells us that personal happiness is the greatest good of all, then we will surrender at the first sign of trouble.”
― Rod Dreher, Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

“it’s not so much that the Church of Christ has a mission, as that the mission of Jesus Christ has a Church.”
― James Mallon, Divine Renovation: From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish