Congratulations fellow Willardites. The book has been mined right down to the end. This last chapter ended in more of a whimper than a bang for me, but in some ways I was reminded of our deck time in Rodric's honor a few weeks ago. I spoke of having sympathy for those who believe in purgatory, because it at least attempts to take the whole of Scripture seriously. Dan spoke of God being outside the space-time continuum. Both of these are man-made theories that help us get from one mystery to the next. In the end, however, I always feel that these descriptions are incomplete. Willard's words were no different (C.S. Lewis and Augustine come the closest - with the exception of John the Revelator and Tolkien). OK, enough commentary. My question is a nuance to chapter 9's question about core disciplines:
How can we bring the knowledge of the future to bear in our pursuit of disciplines that will result in faithfulness to Christ as our Master-Mentor?
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