The biblical criterion for misplaced shame says, don't feel shame for something that honors God, no matter how weak or foolish or wrong it makes you look in the eyes of men. And don't feel shame for bad circumstances where you don't share in dishonoring God. The biblical criterion for well-placed shame says, DO feel shame for having a hand in anything that dishonors God, no matter how strong or wise or right it makes you look in the eyes of men.
John Piper

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conbk12 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWELVE CHAPTER I My heart is deeply stirred, O Lord, when in this poor life of mine the words of thy Holy Scripture strike upon it.…

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enchir10 CHAPTER X JESUS CHRIST THE MEDIATOR 33. Thus it was that the human race was bound in a just doom and all men were children of wrath. Of this…

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enchir26 CHAPTER XXVI THE TRIUMPH OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN GOOD WILL 100. These are "the great works of the Lord, well-considered in all his acts of will"217 --and so wisely well-considered…

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creedchurch THE NICENE CREED ON THE CHURCH We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. [J.S. Bach, a devout Lutheran, wrote a musical setting for the Liturgy known as…

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conbk13 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THIRTEEN CHAPTER I I call on thee, my God, my Mercy, who madest me and didst not forget me, though I was forgetful of thee. I…

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enchir11 CHAPTER XI THE INCARNATION AS PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE ACTION OF GOD'S GRACE 36. In this the grace of God is supremely manifest, commended in grand and visible fashion;…

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enchir27 CHAPTER XXVII LIMITS OF GOD'S PLAN FOR HUMAN SALVATION 103. Accordingly, when we hear and read in sacred Scripture that God "willeth that all men should be saved,"220 although…

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creedfilioque THE FILIOQUE CLAUSE This essay is an Appendix to the essay called CREED NICENE. It deals with one particular line of the Nicene Creed. The Creed as formulated at…

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jh9401 Document: Johannine.94.01 JOHANNINE HOURS - January 1994 - from the Taize Community, France. Jeremiah 20,7-13 This text gives us a glimpse of the inner struggle undergone by one of…

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