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Friday, July 17, 2015

WORTH CONTEMPLATING: "Askesis over Aesthesis" - The Calvinist

"Askesis over Aesthesis" ...
place in genere in the Christian life.
The proper object of askesis , then, is not the
world as such, but its–and our–evil passions
and sinful desires . And thus Christian askesis
is demanded of the Christian–of every
Christian in every station–as part of his being
called out from the dominion of the prince of
the powers of the air. And for such askesis,
God's grace is sufficient, for to his own ..."


https://calvinistinternational.com/2015/06/22/askesis-over-aesthesis/




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for the good of those who love Him,..."

Romans 8.28