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The great #‎ conversion called for by jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to god.
-Henri Nouwen
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Henri Nouwen
The great #‎ conversion called for by jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to god.
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To follow jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls us. to follow jesus means picking up rhythms and ways of doing things that are often unsaid but always derivative from jesus, formed by the influence of jesus. to follow jesus means that we can't separate what jesus is saying from what jesus is doing and the way that he is doing it. to follow jesus is as much, or maybe even more, about feet as it is about ears and eyes" (the way of jesus, eugene h. peterson, 22).
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Surely conversion is a matter between man and his maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. a conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of god and religion. conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person.
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The iranian people were converted to islam not very much longer after the conquest of the arab world by islam, but they refused to adopt the arabic language, and it's a great point of pride to them that persian culture and the persian language and persian literature survived the conversion to islam. and the conversion to islam also was for most of them not the sunni majority form, but the shia one. so there's a great discrepancy between iranian society and many other of what we think of as arab muslim states and systems.
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We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in cana as of a miracle. but this conversion is, through the goodness of god, made every day before our eyes. behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that god loves us, and loves to see us happy.
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What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.
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This kingdom of god life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda to be tended to, left on our bedside table by the holy spirit for us while we slept. we wake up already immersed in a large story of creation and covenant, of israel and jesus, the story of jesus and the stories that jesus told. we let ourselves be formed by these formative stories, and especially as we listen to the stories that jesus tells, get a feel for the way he does it, the way he talks, the way he treats people, the jesus way.
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