Choosing Among Good Things

March 9, 2021•51 words

The Christian life involves in many cases choices between things which are good in themselves and the choice in such instances is dictated by intelligent evaluation of the circumstances, of the gifts God has given us, and of the calling to which he has called us.

—John Murray, 'Principles of Conduct'

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