We’ve all encountered people who are unshakably authentic, who, we can’t help thinking, could perhaps do with being a little more fake. An authentic monster is perhaps better than a monster in disguise, but not by much.| Justin N. Poythress
I don’t know a single person who needs to be convinced about the importance of politics, or the perks of power. People need Jesus.| Justin N. Poythress
How many of us could say that we honor even the politicians we agree with, to say nothing of the spawn of Satan we vote against?| Justin N. Poythress
Justin N. Poythress is a writer and pastor seeking to restore rest and wonder to the worn out.| Justin N. Poythress
Parents, in their role of creating and sustaining new life, serve as powerful reflections of our relationship with God, our Creator-Father| Justin N. Poythress
Politics isn’t the answer, but Jesus is. And those two aren’t even close. In fact, those two answers are so far apart it’s almost shameful to mention them in the same sentence.| Justin N. Poythress
The faster you descend from your mountaintop of success into feelings of failure and self-loathing, the better. That means you’ll get to your next high quicker.| Justin N. Poythress
People who would opt into such a venture see all the ills of the world within society, and none within themselves.| Justin N. Poythress
You can certainly use a watch as a hammer, but that doesn’t change the nature of what the watch is and what it’s made for| Justin N. Poythress
By tethering absolute truth to the foresail of consensus, we have not thereby matured beyond the chaos of relativism. Rather, we are resigning ourselves to perpetual uncertainty – a life driven and tossed by the wind.| Justin N. Poythress
That spirit inside you is the spark of hope that remains when every other hope dies| Justin N. Poythress
We like to believe that the exact words we say are less important than the cause they serve.| Justin N. Poythress
Learn the story. Love the hero. Understand your scene thoroughly.| Justin N. Poythress
I’ve never actually met a fully authentic person. I’m not sure I would want to. It’s been said that a person begins to lie as soon as he becomes polite.| Justin N. Poythress
It’s easy to get this sovereignty of God thing mixed up. The Bible proclaims a big God, but He doesn’t use that bigness to smother you.| Justin N. Poythress
When Johnny graduates high school anxious and unequipped, we point the finger at schools. That’s like losing a battle, then blaming the sole survivor who comes limping back to base.| Justin N. Poythress
Simply, as other people look at me, acknowledge me, make space for me in their days and their lives, I am persuaded that I am.| Justin N. Poythress
If you consider all the objective markers that make up your identity, probably ninety percent of these you had no choice in.| Justin N. Poythress
How we use identity language to seek transcendence| Justin N. Poythress
Affluence, combined with the internet, is bringing an acute awareness of the growing number of choices that we have, but are not making.| Justin N. Poythress
If gender is a social construct, why not everything? What is a penguin? What is Scottish person? What is a red dwarf star?| Justin N. Poythress
You have to lead the life the Lord has assigned. One life. Every day, there’s a hundred different “lives” you could have lived.| Justin N. Poythress
How can you remain true to yourself while becoming a better version of yourself?| Justin N. Poythress