I continually mark up all the books I read so I can look back and find the important bits. I’ve worked up a system of stars, lines, and underlines that seems to work for me. When I read something worth quoting, the star beside it gets circled.

On Fridays, I plan on posting the best circle-starred quote I read the previous week. What better way to start than N. T. Wright from Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.

When human beings give their heartfelt allegiance to and worship that which is not God, they progressively cease to reflect the image of God. One of the primary laws of human life is that you become like what you worship.