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How do you sculpt an elephant?
Answer: You chip away anything that doesn't look like an elephant.
"I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity."
- C.S. Lewis
"If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshiping an idealized version of yourself."
- Timothy Keller
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
- Anne Lamott
Practically speaking, how do we set ourselves on the path of growing as disciples of Jesus?
2 Models of Christian Growth