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The church fathers consistently acknowledged

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Curt Thompson

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Spiritual Formation

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Date Added

Mar 27, 2025

The church fathers consistently acknowledged the beauty and goodness of desire (e.g., Augustine, above), but they were not naive to the potential for desire to be bent by sin. They knew that our longing for an ever-growing relationship with God—one that leads to loving others, ourselves, and the world deeply—could easily be turned to desiring objects for…

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