To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion — Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion — Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion — Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion — Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion — Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
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To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion

— Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
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