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3c8e009	You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.	abolition accomplish christian great-britain heard hope inspirational love peace slavery truth try	William Wilberforce
1417946	There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .	bible christian faith inspirational	Charles Spurgeon
fc0598c	In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.	christian inspirational prayer words	John Bunyan
f5b0fe6	I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.	christian gentleness inspirational	Max Lucado
bc44443	I have to return some videotapes	bale bret christian easton ellis funny humor psycho return videotapes	Bret Easton Ellis
cbff733	Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.	christian inspirational music power-of-music	Johann Sebastian Bach
72cd3db	Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1 KJV)	christian	Anonymous
41dedd0	The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, "This is love." God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, "This is love.	christ christian cross god inspirational jesus love passion romance world	Joshua Harris
ac05bdb	For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. 'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom? 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!	christ christian christianity jesus	Kurt Vonnegut
83a1cc9	Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.	christian fight inspirational lord alone	Francine Rivers
b0a97c4	Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.	christian christian-life inspirational religion	Jim Elliot
cf1c592	Dive deep. Drown willingly	inspirational christian	Ted Dekker
bfb6bf3	God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive.	christian inspirational prayer spiritual	Fanny J. Crosby
84e9980	God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can't trace his hand, trust his heart.	christian inspirational	Max Lucado (Grace for the Moment)
ca24fe4	Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.	christian fun god inspirational jesus leisure rest work blessing	Elisabeth Elliot
47cc083	this is a book about something	c-s-lewis christian digory fantasy magician-s-nephew narnia polly	C.S. Lewis
d246386	Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us.	christian god life mistakes nesbit railway reading story writing	E. Nesbit
f2cf317	Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.	catholic-author christian citizens civil-liberty free-country freedom freedom-of-thought gadfly liberty philosophers philosophical philosophy plato socrates thought-provoking wisdom words-of-wisdom	E.A. Bucchianeri
7a72ed6	We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.	christian christian-behavior inspirational religion religious	Billy Graham
fa8828b	I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?	bravery christian truthful	John Bunyan
13ead04	"Immanuel, God with us-that He would leave the spiritual realm and be present in the flesh and blood in such an act of humility is a staggering notion. As it is, He willingly gave His blood, in the flesh, so that others might find life, for it is written: "He did not come by water only, but by blood," and "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission." Now blood is required to give new life to the dead. I tell you, He did not give only a small amount to satisfy this requirement. He was beaten and crushed and pierced until that blood flowed like a river for the sake of love. It was for love, not religion, that He died. There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His blood will never be the same."	christian jesus love	Ted Dekker
a2193b5	The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.	boast boasting christian christianity faith god god-s-love	Max Lucado
6e352d3	Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upon me, in what state shall I leave this world? When can I learn what I have here neglected to learn? Or is it true that death will cut off and put an end to all care and all feeling? This is something to be inquired into. But no, this cannot be true. It is not for nothing, it is not meaningless that all over the world is displayed the high and towering authority of the Christian faith. Such great and wonderful things would never have been done for us by God, if the life of the soul were to end with the death of the body. Why then do I delay? Why do I not abandon my hopes of this world and devote myself entirely to the search for God and for the happy life?	christian confessions faith inspirational religion	Augustine of Hippo
25f6771	Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart's truth.	christ christian god inspirational jesus lord lordship love will	Elisabeth Elliot
3dfe93a	Could there be any doubt that the Jews would seek to harm the Son of God again, knowing that his body was now readily accessible in the form of defenseless crackers?	catholicism christian christianity god jesus-christ jews mass son-of-god	Sam Harris
bc69f91	God Is, Lucifer is a devil, and there is a Hell.	christian christopher-marlowe creator demons devil eternity faust god hard-truths hell lucifer marlowe truth	E.A. Bucchianeri
5fb6888	Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.	bible bible-verse christian faith heaven hell hope salvation saved spirituality	Anonymous
c792ade	Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you've set and followed your priorities.	choices christian decisions followed priorities reflect reflection set well	Elizabeth George
3991672	Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.	christian daily faith god life love reflect reflection walk woman	Elizabeth George
92c4539	The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the condescension of the magnificent God.	christian god mary	John Piper
78f9986	When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.	christian cultivate exhibit god godly life lord presence shine soul thought	Elizabeth George
3c9f11b	It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.	challenge christian develop dream faith goal god heart love sacrifice strategy women	Elizabeth George
2bcfb40	Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.	christian fake god inspire love mind thought unreal women worry	Elizabeth George
dee81c8	Sometimes, the only way to solve your problems in life, the only way to conquer your fears, is if you face them. If you face your problems, they just flee. But if you flee instead, run away from them, they only get bigger, and they can totally destroy you.	bravery christian fear monsters motivational problems	Elizabeth Newton
2f87d99	"Billos ran. He tore down the shore, bounded up on the rock, and dove into the air. The warm water engulfed him. A boiling heat knocked the wind from his lungs. The shock alone might kill him. But it was pleasure that surged through his body, not pain. The sensations coursed through his bones in great unrelenting waves. Elyon. How he was certain, he did not know. But he knew. Elyon was in this lake with him. Billos opened his eyes. Gold light drifted by. He lost all sense of direction. The water pressed in on every inch of his body, as intense as any acid, but one that burned with pleasure instead of pain. He sank into the water, opened his mouth and laughed. He wanted more, much more. He wanted to suck the water in and drink it. Without thinking, he did just that. The liquid hit his lungs. Billos pulled up, panicked. He tried to hack the water from his lungs, but inhaled more instead. No pain. He carefully sucked more water and breathed it out slowly. Then again, deep and hard. Out with a soft whoosh. He was breathing the water! Billos shrieked with laughter. He swam into the lake, deeper and deeper. The power contained in this lake was far greater than anything he'd ever imagined. "I made this, Billos." Billos whipped his body around, searching for the words' source. "Elyon?" His voice was muffled, hardly a voice at all. "Do you like it?" "Yes!" Billos said. He might have spoken; he might have shouted--he didn't know. He only knew that his whole body screamed it. Billos looked around. "Elyon?" "Why do you doubt me, Billos?" In that single moment the full weight of Billos's foolishness crashed on him like a sledgehammer. "I see you, Billos." "I made you." "I love you." The words crashed over him, reaching into the deepest folds of his flesh, caressing each hidden synapse, flowing through every vein, as though he had been given a transfusion. "I choose you, Billos." Billos began to weep. The feeling was more intense than any pain he had ever felt. The current pulled at him, tugging him up through the colors. His body trembled with pleasure. He wanted to speak, to yell, to tell the whole world that he was the most fortunate person in the universe. That he was loved by Elyon. Elyon himself. "Never leave me, Billos." "Never! I will never leave you." The current pushed him through the water and then above the surface not ten meters from the shore. He stood on the sandy bottom. For a moment he had such clarity of mind that he was sure he could understand the very fabric of space if he put his mind to it. He was chosen. He was loved."	christian elyon forgiveness renegade the-lost-books	Ted Dekker
57526b8	...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.	christian help inspirational love selfless-love selfless-service selflessness service	Elisabeth Elliot
d56a178	But simple as the Sign of the Cross is, it carries a brave weight: it names the Trinity, celebrates the Creator, and brings home all the power of faith to the brush of fingers on skin and bone and belly. So do we, sometimes well and sometimes ill, labor to bring home our belief in God's love to the stuff of our daily lives, the skin and bone of this world -- and the Sign of the Cross helps us to remember that we have a Companion on the road.	catholic catholicism christ christian christianity creator cross faith god god-s-love holy-trinity jesus jesus-christ love prayer religion sacramental sign-of-the-cross trinity	Brian Doyle
4862f07	God will help you make the choices that guide you into His path for each stage and age of your life.	christian faith god guide heart life love path stage woman women	Elizabeth George
b0e789c	"You told her I was gay." "Yes, but see--" "And she BELIEVED you!" he asked with horror. "Yes, of course. Why would she think I'd lie about something like that?" she asked with exasperation. "Julius," Marguerite chastised gently when his father muffled a guffaw. "Sorry, darling, but he gave me such grief over wooing you that I can't help but think this is funny," Julius said, slipping his arm around Marguerite. "It isn't funny," Christian growled. "She told my lifemate I'm gay." Zanipolo gave a bark of laughter. "And she BELIEVED it." Christian scowled at the man, considering violence until Gia said, "Actually, at first I just said my cugino was gay and didn't tell her which one. She thought it must be you before I said it was Christian.." "What?" Zanipolo cried. "Why would she think that? Do I look gay?" Christian growled impatiently, and turned on Gia. "I don't see how her thinking I am gay is supposed to help." "Is it my hair that made her pick me for the gay one, do you think?" Zanipolo asked suddenly. "Maybe I should cut it." "It could be," Santo said, eyeing him consideringly. "Nah. Christian has long hair too," Raffeale pointed out."	christian gia	Lynsay Sands
282c0de	Each day is God's gift of a fresh unspoiled opportunity to live according to His priorities.	christian day fresh gift god life live plan priorities purpose	Elizabeth George
05ed719	to look at a work of art and then to make a judgement as to whether or not it is art, and whether or not it is Christian, is presumptuous.	christian christianity	Madeleine L'Engle
b0550dd	"From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry. Calvin fell to his knees. "No," Mrs. Whatsit said, though her voice was not Mrs. Whatsit's voice. "Not to me Calvin. Never to me. Stand up."	christian love	Madeleine L'Engle
9270129	God is immutable--He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!	change christian constant faith god love ministry never target	Elizabeth George
6075983	A christian martyrdom is never an accident, for Saints are not made by accident.	by-chance christian god martyrdom saints	T.S. Eliot
1729304	Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.	christian faith god living love plan prayer prepare run	Elizabeth George
eb420cb	The speech of God's beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.	christian eyes faith fountain girl god her lady lady-like life nice pretty speech woman	Elizabeth George
74f3e14	Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.	change christian day faith god hope joy love priorities start	Elizabeth George
fd4f86d	Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.	christian humor southern	Karen Harper
9b0f875	One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.	calling christian god life love marriage potential single singleness work young	Elizabeth George
3a16c34	Only one life, it will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.	christ christian done faith god jesus last life one past soon	Elizabeth George
ee19ac4	When we view ourselves through the lens of God's Word, we better understand God's love for us and the worth we have in His eyes.	christian eyes god inspire lens love men understand value view women word worth	Elizabeth George
87914a8	But the truth is that there is no more conscious inconsistency between the humility of a Christian and the rapacity of a Christian than there is between the humility of a lover and the rapacity of a lover. The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy. There never was a man in love who did not declare that, if he strained every nerve to breaking, he was going to have his desire. And there never was a man in love who did not declare also that he ought not to have it.	catholicism chesterton christian christianity desire humility love lovers unworthy	G.K. Chesterton
387a966	Your assignment from God is not to change your husband, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to him.	assist christian follow god good husband love marriage men minister pure truth wife women	Elizabeth George
42f85fc	Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman.	beautiful christian energy eyes god love mental physical strength toughness trait woman women	Elizabeth George
86899e7	A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.	christian free god joy mom mother woman	Elizabeth George
e6f71d5	Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.	bible christian daily delight god looking love reading searching woman	Elizabeth George
574fae9	No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.	christian god heart mom mother wife	Elizabeth George
0c9bad6	To be a Christian - a follower of Jesus Christ - is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom.	christian freedom justice love spirituality wisdom	Cornel West
b2a443d	I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors....Jesus could have hung out in the high-end religious scene of his day, but instead he scoffed at all that, choosing instead to laugh at the powerful, befriend whores, kiss sinners, and eat with all the wrong people. He spent his time with people for whom life was not easy. And there, amid those who were suffering, he was the embodiment of perfect love.	christian christianity faith inspriational jesus love	Nadia Bolz-Weber
66df5db	Wisdom is the God-given ability to see life with rare objectivity and to handle life with rare stability.	christian faith god joy life love objectivity peace point-of-view see stability stable view wisdom	Elizabeth George
4b1c02b	We must pay a price if we are to become priceless.	christian cost eyes faith gem god love pay price priceless	Elizabeth George
c638206	Your ultimate goal for marriage is that both of you--as husband and wife--commit to keep growing spiritually.	christian faithfulness goal god grow husband life love marriage married spiritual ultimate wife	Elizabeth George
af333a9	Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him.	author build christian god issues lead life over time trust turn	Elizabeth George
06b24a3	The Christian motto 'All men are brothers', however, also means that those who do not accept brotherhood are not men.	christian doctrine	Slavoj Žižek
0b437c2	A God-focused attitude is positive and directs you to better the lives of those you love while giving God the glory.	better christian directs focus give glory god lives love positive	Elizabeth George
430ce70	He who teaches the Bible is never a scholar; he is always a student.	christian god inspiration love preach scholar student study teach truth	Elizabeth George
2cec383	Pray for God's grace to nurture on the inside what He calls us to live out on the outside.	christian faithful god grace inside live nurture outside pray	Elizabeth George
4dc40a3	Realize that God uses the fires of life to purify your faith, to shape you into Christ's image, and to cause you to love Him...even more!	christian faith fire god image life love pure realize shape	Elizabeth George
b587b1d	"I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna was pretty risque too, but she was pretty much always known as a "bad girl." Mariah was a good girl, supposedly Christian, turning very bad, in the late 90's. So then, all the other little girls and teens and women across America thought it would be ok for them to "come out" too essentially, or flaunt whatever they had. Modesty went completely out the window for many women, starting in the late 90's."	christian coming-out dress good-girl madonna mariah-carey modesty pop-culture risque skin	Lisa Bedrick
a3fe208	The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back. The Bible tells of flawed people -- people just like me -- who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God. As they receive grace and forgiveness, naturally they want to give it to others, and a thread of hope and transformation weaves its way throughout the Bible's accounts.	christian forgiveness inspirational	Philip Yancey
220c293	"[Jesus] said, "Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill....For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God's heart to men."	christian god-s-love jesus	Watchman Nee
4445dbe	I'd be willing to bet that the notion of the end of time is more common today in the secular world than in the Christian. The Christian world makes it the object of meditation, but acts as if it may be projected into a dimension not measured by calendars. The secular world pretends to ignore the end of time, but is fundamentally obsessed by it. This is not a paradox, but a repetition of what transpired in the first thousand years of history. ... I will remind readers that the idea of the end of time comes out of one of the most ambiguous passages of John's text, chapter 20... This approach, which isn't only Augustine's but also the Church Fathers' as a whole, casts History as a journey forward--a notion alien to the pagan world. Even Hegel and Marx are indebted to this fundamental idea, which Pierre Teilhard de Chardin pursued. Christianity invented History, and it is in fact a modern incarnation of the Antichrist that denounces History as a disease. It's possible that secular historicism has understood history as infinitely perfectible--so that tomorrow we improve upon today, always and without reservation... But the entire secular world is not of the ideological view that through history we understand how to look at the regression and folly of history itself. There is, nonetheless, an originally Christian view of history whenever the signpost of Hope on this road is followed. The simple knowledge of how to judge history and its horrors is fundamentally Christian, whether the speaker is Emmanuel Mounier on tragic optimism or Gramsci on pessimism of reason and optimism of will.	augustine bible catholic catholicism christian christianity church-fathers end-of-the-time end-of-the-world hegel historicism history hope marx religion revelation scripture secular secularism time	Umberto Eco
857e3f9	Only by having a sense of history's trajectory (even if one does not believe in Parousia) can one love earthly reality and believe--with charity--that there is still room for Hope.	catholicism charity christian christianity history hope parousia reality religion	Umberto Eco
c54758d	..moments of transport, and of comfort, and of a bracing vastness of possibility. That was all there for me sometimes when I plunged my mind into the Bible's puzzles; and it was always there in the music of church. I wouldn't have said it this way then. But I would feel all the cells in my body as I sang hymns that connected my little life with the grandeur of the cosmos, the Christian drama across space and time. This was my earliest experience of breath and body, mind and spirit soaring together, alive to both mystery and reality, in kinship with others both familiar and unknown. That's one way I'd define the feeling of faith now.	christian church faith hymns love mind music mystery on-being pantheism reality spirit	Krista Tippett
6f6576b	The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)	baptist bill-scott book buttercup buttercup-dairy buttercup-farm-park christian christian-giving clermiston compassion corstorphine leith muriel-spark philanthropist philanthropy scottish social-history	Muriel Spark
4eabe15	As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun around in the mirror, and decided I would choose this look, this image, this identity. But eventually and without realising it, the ability to choose had gone. I had become what at first I had only pretended to be.	christian christianity drugs teenage	Nadia Bolz-Weber
49f5df9	I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like shit. I had a vague realisation that I was just trying to keep up with some version of myself that I had decided was accurate.	alcoholism-addiction-recovery christian christianity faith	Nadia Bolz-Weber
b1f10ce	To invoke Jesus' name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jesus' name actually brings God closer, making him more present. He is always present in some way, since he knows and loves each one of us at every moment; but he is not present to those who do not pray as intimately as he is present to those who do. Prayers a difference; 'prayer changes things.' It may or may not change our external circumstances. (It does if God sees that that change is good for us; it does not if God sees that it is not.) but it always changes our relationship to God, which is infinitely more important than external circumstances, however pressing they may seem, because it is eternal but they are temporary, and because it is our very self but they are not.	christian faith jesus power-of-his-name prayer	Peter Kreeft
3e07718	If your attitude is one of gratefully searching for God's truth & goodness in any situation, it will change your life.	christian god hope inspirational motivational-quotes	Stormie Omartian
27b83fc	According to your holy book, every single Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, follower of various minor traditions or sects, those who do not affiliate themselves with a religious tradition and the approximately 2.74 billion humans who have never had the 'privilege' of hearing the word of your Messiah will be sentenced to eternal damnation in a lake of fire--regardless of moral standings or positive worldly accomplishments. If this sounds like a fair proposition to you, then I bite my tongue--but I honestly believe that the majority of Christians do not agree with these doctrinal assertions, and instead categorize themselves as 'Christians' out of cultural familiarity or perhaps out of complete ignorance in regards to the topic.	christian heaven hell jew joshua-project only-way-through-jesus worship	David G. McAfee

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

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There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .

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Charles Spurgeon

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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

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John Bunyan

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I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

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Max Lucado

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I have to return some videotapes

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Bret Easton Ellis

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Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1 KJV)

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The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, "This is love." God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, "This is love.

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Joshua Harris

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For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. 'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom? 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

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Kurt Vonnegut

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Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.

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Francine Rivers

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Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

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Jim Elliot

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Dive deep. Drown willingly

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Ted Dekker

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God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive.

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God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can't trace his hand, trust his heart.

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Max Lucado (Grace for the Moment)

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Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.

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Elisabeth Elliot

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this is a book about something

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C.S. Lewis

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Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us.

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E. Nesbit

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Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.

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E.A. Bucchianeri

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We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.

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Billy Graham

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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

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John Bunyan

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"Immanuel, God with us-that He would leave the spiritual realm and be present in the flesh and blood in such an act of humility is a staggering notion. As it is, He willingly gave His blood, in the flesh, so that others might find life, for it is written: "He did not come by water only, but by blood," and "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission." Now blood is required to give new life to the dead. I tell you, He did not give only a small amount to satisfy this requirement. He was beaten and crushed and pierced until that blood flowed like a river for the sake of love. It was for love, not religion, that He died. There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His blood will never be the same."

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Ted Dekker

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The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

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Max Lucado

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Life is a misery, death an uncertainty. Suppose it steals suddenly upon me, in what state shall I leave this world? When can I learn what I have here neglected to learn? Or is it true that death will cut off and put an end to all care and all feeling? This is something to be inquired into. But no, this cannot be true. It is not for nothing, it is not meaningless that all over the world is displayed the high and towering authority of the Christian faith. Such great and wonderful things would never have been done for us by God, if the life of the soul were to end with the death of the body. Why then do I delay? Why do I not abandon my hopes of this world and devote myself entirely to the search for God and for the happy life?

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Augustine of Hippo

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Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart's truth.

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Elisabeth Elliot

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Could there be any doubt that the Jews would seek to harm the Son of God again, knowing that his body was now readily accessible in the form of defenseless crackers?

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Sam Harris

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God Is, Lucifer is a devil, and there is a Hell.

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E.A. Bucchianeri

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Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.

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Anonymous

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Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you've set and followed your priorities.

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Elizabeth George

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Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.

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Elizabeth George

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The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the condescension of the magnificent God.

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John Piper

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When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.

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Elizabeth George

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It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

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Elizabeth George

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Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.

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Elizabeth George

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Sometimes, the only way to solve your problems in life, the only way to conquer your fears, is if you face them. If you face your problems, they just flee. But if you flee instead, run away from them, they only get bigger, and they can totally destroy you.

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Elizabeth    Newton

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"Billos ran. He tore down the shore, bounded up on the rock, and dove into the air. The warm water engulfed him. A boiling heat knocked the wind from his lungs. The shock alone might kill him. But it was pleasure that surged through his body, not pain. The sensations coursed through his bones in great unrelenting waves. Elyon. How he was certain, he did not know. But he knew. Elyon was in this lake with him. Billos opened his eyes. Gold light drifted by. He lost all sense of direction. The water pressed in on every inch of his body, as intense as any acid, but one that burned with pleasure instead of pain. He sank into the water, opened his mouth and laughed. He wanted more, much more. He wanted to suck the water in and drink it. Without thinking, he did just that. The liquid hit his lungs. Billos pulled up, panicked. He tried to hack the water from his lungs, but inhaled more instead. No pain. He carefully sucked more water and breathed it out slowly. Then again, deep and hard. Out with a soft whoosh. He was breathing the water! Billos shrieked with laughter. He swam into the lake, deeper and deeper. The power contained in this lake was far greater than anything he'd ever imagined. "I made this, Billos." Billos whipped his body around, searching for the words' source. "Elyon?" His voice was muffled, hardly a voice at all. "Do you like it?" "Yes!" Billos said. He might have spoken; he might have shouted--he didn't know. He only knew that his whole body screamed it. Billos looked around. "Elyon?" "Why do you doubt me, Billos?" In that single moment the full weight of Billos's foolishness crashed on him like a sledgehammer. "I see you, Billos." "I made you." "I love you." The words crashed over him, reaching into the deepest folds of his flesh, caressing each hidden synapse, flowing through every vein, as though he had been given a transfusion. "I choose you, Billos." Billos began to weep. The feeling was more intense than any pain he had ever felt. The current pulled at him, tugging him up through the colors. His body trembled with pleasure. He wanted to speak, to yell, to tell the whole world that he was the most fortunate person in the universe. That he was loved by Elyon. Elyon himself. "Never leave me, Billos." "Never! I will never leave you." The current pushed him through the water and then above the surface not ten meters from the shore. He stood on the sandy bottom. For a moment he had such clarity of mind that he was sure he could understand the very fabric of space if he put his mind to it. He was chosen. He was loved."

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Ted Dekker

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...Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.

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Elisabeth Elliot

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But simple as the Sign of the Cross is, it carries a brave weight: it names the Trinity, celebrates the Creator, and brings home all the power of faith to the brush of fingers on skin and bone and belly. So do we, sometimes well and sometimes ill, labor to bring home our belief in God's love to the stuff of our daily lives, the skin and bone of this world -- and the Sign of the Cross helps us to remember that we have a Companion on the road.

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Brian  Doyle

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God will help you make the choices that guide you into His path for each stage and age of your life.

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Elizabeth George

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"You told her I was gay." "Yes, but see--" "And she BELIEVED you!" he asked with horror. "Yes, of course. Why would she think I'd lie about something like that?" she asked with exasperation. "Julius," Marguerite chastised gently when his father muffled a guffaw. "Sorry, darling, but he gave me such grief over wooing you that I can't help but think this is funny," Julius said, slipping his arm around Marguerite. "It isn't funny," Christian growled. "She told my lifemate I'm gay." Zanipolo gave a bark of laughter. "And she BELIEVED it." Christian scowled at the man, considering violence until Gia said, "Actually, at first I just said my cugino was gay and didn't tell her which one. She thought it must be you before I said it was Christian.." "What?" Zanipolo cried. "Why would she think that? Do I look gay?" Christian growled impatiently, and turned on Gia. "I don't see how her thinking I am gay is supposed to help." "Is it my hair that made her pick me for the gay one, do you think?" Zanipolo asked suddenly. "Maybe I should cut it." "It could be," Santo said, eyeing him consideringly. "Nah. Christian has long hair too," Raffeale pointed out."

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Lynsay Sands

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Each day is God's gift of a fresh unspoiled opportunity to live according to His priorities.

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Elizabeth George

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to look at a work of art and then to make a judgement as to whether or not it is art, and whether or not it is Christian, is presumptuous.

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Madeleine L'Engle

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"From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of poetry. Calvin fell to his knees. "No," Mrs. Whatsit said, though her voice was not Mrs. Whatsit's voice. "Not to me Calvin. Never to me. Stand up."

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Madeleine L'Engle

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God is immutable--He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

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Elizabeth George

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A christian martyrdom is never an accident, for Saints are not made by accident.

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T.S. Eliot

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Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.

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Elizabeth George

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The speech of God's beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.

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Elizabeth George

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Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.

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Elizabeth George

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Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.

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Karen Harper

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One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

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Elizabeth George

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Only one life, it will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.

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Elizabeth George

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When we view ourselves through the lens of God's Word, we better understand God's love for us and the worth we have in His eyes.

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Elizabeth George

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But the truth is that there is no more conscious inconsistency between the humility of a Christian and the rapacity of a Christian than there is between the humility of a lover and the rapacity of a lover. The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy. There never was a man in love who did not declare that, if he strained every nerve to breaking, he was going to have his desire. And there never was a man in love who did not declare also that he ought not to have it.

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G.K. Chesterton

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Your assignment from God is not to change your husband, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to him.

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Elizabeth George

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Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman.

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Elizabeth George

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A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.

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Elizabeth George

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Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

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Elizabeth George

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No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

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Elizabeth George

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To be a Christian - a follower of Jesus Christ - is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom.

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Cornel West

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I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors....Jesus could have hung out in the high-end religious scene of his day, but instead he scoffed at all that, choosing instead to laugh at the powerful, befriend whores, kiss sinners, and eat with all the wrong people. He spent his time with people for whom life was not easy. And there, amid those who were suffering, he was the embodiment of perfect love.

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Nadia Bolz-Weber

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Wisdom is the God-given ability to see life with rare objectivity and to handle life with rare stability.

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Elizabeth George

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We must pay a price if we are to become priceless.

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Elizabeth George

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Your ultimate goal for marriage is that both of you--as husband and wife--commit to keep growing spiritually.

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Elizabeth George

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Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him.

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Elizabeth George

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The Christian motto 'All men are brothers', however, also means that those who do not accept brotherhood are not men.

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Slavoj Žižek

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A God-focused attitude is positive and directs you to better the lives of those you love while giving God the glory.

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Elizabeth George

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He who teaches the Bible is never a scholar; he is always a student.

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Elizabeth George

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Pray for God's grace to nurture on the inside what He calls us to live out on the outside.

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Elizabeth George

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Realize that God uses the fires of life to purify your faith, to shape you into Christ's image, and to cause you to love Him...even more!

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Elizabeth George

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"I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna was pretty risque too, but she was pretty much always known as a "bad girl." Mariah was a good girl, supposedly Christian, turning very bad, in the late 90's. So then, all the other little girls and teens and women across America thought it would be ok for them to "come out" too essentially, or flaunt whatever they had. Modesty went completely out the window for many women, starting in the late 90's."

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Lisa Bedrick

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The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back. The Bible tells of flawed people -- people just like me -- who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God. As they receive grace and forgiveness, naturally they want to give it to others, and a thread of hope and transformation weaves its way throughout the Bible's accounts.

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Philip Yancey

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"[Jesus] said, "Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill....For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God's heart to men."

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Watchman Nee

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I'd be willing to bet that the notion of the end of time is more common today in the secular world than in the Christian. The Christian world makes it the object of meditation, but acts as if it may be projected into a dimension not measured by calendars. The secular world pretends to ignore the end of time, but is fundamentally obsessed by it. This is not a paradox, but a repetition of what transpired in the first thousand years of history. ... I will remind readers that the idea of the end of time comes out of one of the most ambiguous passages of John's text, chapter 20... This approach, which isn't only Augustine's but also the Church Fathers' as a whole, casts History as a journey forward--a notion alien to the pagan world. Even Hegel and Marx are indebted to this fundamental idea, which Pierre Teilhard de Chardin pursued. Christianity invented History, and it is in fact a modern incarnation of the Antichrist that denounces History as a disease. It's possible that secular historicism has understood history as infinitely perfectible--so that tomorrow we improve upon today, always and without reservation... But the entire secular world is not of the ideological view that through history we understand how to look at the regression and folly of history itself. There is, nonetheless, an originally Christian view of history whenever the signpost of Hope on this road is followed. The simple knowledge of how to judge history and its horrors is fundamentally Christian, whether the speaker is Emmanuel Mounier on tragic optimism or Gramsci on pessimism of reason and optimism of will.

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Umberto Eco

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Only by having a sense of history's trajectory (even if one does not believe in Parousia) can one love earthly reality and believe--with charity--that there is still room for Hope.

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Umberto Eco

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..moments of transport, and of comfort, and of a bracing vastness of possibility. That was all there for me sometimes when I plunged my mind into the Bible's puzzles; and it was always there in the music of church. I wouldn't have said it this way then. But I would feel all the cells in my body as I sang hymns that connected my little life with the grandeur of the cosmos, the Christian drama across space and time. This was my earliest experience of breath and body, mind and spirit soaring together, alive to both mystery and reality, in kinship with others both familiar and unknown. That's one way I'd define the feeling of faith now.

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Krista Tippett

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The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

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Muriel Spark

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As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun around in the mirror, and decided I would choose this look, this image, this identity. But eventually and without realising it, the ability to choose had gone. I had become what at first I had only pretended to be.

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Nadia Bolz-Weber

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I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like shit. I had a vague realisation that I was just trying to keep up with some version of myself that I had decided was accurate.

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Nadia Bolz-Weber

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To invoke Jesus' name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jesus' name actually brings God closer, making him more present. He is always present in some way, since he knows and loves each one of us at every moment; but he is not present to those who do not pray as intimately as he is present to those who do. Prayers a difference; 'prayer changes things.' It may or may not change our external circumstances. (It does if God sees that that change is good for us; it does not if God sees that it is not.) but it always changes our relationship to God, which is infinitely more important than external circumstances, however pressing they may seem, because it is eternal but they are temporary, and because it is our very self but they are not.

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Peter Kreeft

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If your attitude is one of gratefully searching for God's truth & goodness in any situation, it will change your life.

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Stormie Omartian

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According to your holy book, every single Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, follower of various minor traditions or sects, those who do not affiliate themselves with a religious tradition and the approximately 2.74 billion humans who have never had the 'privilege' of hearing the word of your Messiah will be sentenced to eternal damnation in a lake of fire--regardless of moral standings or positive worldly accomplishments. If this sounds like a fair proposition to you, then I bite my tongue--but I honestly believe that the majority of Christians do not agree with these doctrinal assertions, and instead categorize themselves as 'Christians' out of cultural familiarity or perhaps out of complete ignorance in regards to the topic.

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