#al

But should we accept this negative view of power? Is power all bad? Specifically, can Christians share in this devaluation of power and discipline as inherently evil? Can we who claim to be disciples - who are called and predestined to be conformed to the likeness of the Son (Rom. 8:29) - be opposed to discipline and formation as such? Can we who are called to be subject to the Lord of life really agree with the liberal Enlightenment notion of the autonomous self? Are we not above all called to subject ourselves to our Domine and conform to his image? Of course, we are called not to conform to the patterns of 'this world' (Rom. 12:2) or to our previous evil desires (1 Peter 1:14), but that is a call not to nonconformity as such but rather to an alternative conformity through a counterformation in Christ, a transformation and renewal directed toward conformity to his image. By appropriating the liberal Enlightenment notion of negative freedom and participating in its nonconformist resistance to discipline (and hence a resistance to the classical spiritual disciplines), Christians are in fact being conformed to the patterns of this world (contra Rom. 12:2). ↗

— James K.A. Smith

#church #discipline #god #jesus #power

I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#business #business model #content #creating #doing

If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#being #built #countries #doing #entirely

I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#i #just #just kidding #kidding #lonely

I had never really dated. I've always been a relationship kind of person. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#been #dated #had #i #kind

The Obama administration deserves credit for quickly ending the housing free fall. In particular, Obama empowered the Federal Housing Administration to ensure that households could find mortgages at low interest rates even during the worst phase of the financial panic. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#could #credit #deserves #during #empowered

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership. ↗

— Gary Wills

#followers #goal #goals #leader #leaders

I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#change #checkered #ever #going #i

I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimilionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#am #i #i always #i am #like

A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#athletes #become #camera #convincing #front