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
Justin N. Poythress is a writer and pastor seeking to restore rest and wonder to the worn out.| 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
The secret power of nature is its ability to take you out of yourself| Justin N. Poythress
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
How we use identity language to seek transcendence| Justin N. Poythress
When you close the door to granting forgiveness, you discover that no one is asking for it.| 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
