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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| ad847c9 | I've observed an unmistakable synergy between engagement in purposeful, proactive outreach and serendipitous encounters with people that lead to spiritually significant conversations. Taking the initiative to present reasons for faith in Christ with people who don't yet know him and who realize we're there for that purpose can enhance our sensitivity and readiness for moments when the Holy Spirit surprises us with such opportunities. | Hugh Ross | ||
| 4b082f2 | God has designed every component of his creation to display some aspect of his care, and each holds a unique fascination for the human observer. Thus, we can easily engage both young and older minds with some newly discovered feature or fact of nature. If we can make a connection between that discovery and one of God's attributes or a component of God's plan to redeem humanity, we will have provided a stronger motivation for people to serio.. | Hugh Ross | ||
| 500ed74 | The book of Job highlights the theme that God has marvelously designed the universe, the earth, and all its life in such a way as to harmonize ethics and economics. When we humans face a crisis or dilemma that appears to force a choice between ethics and economics, we can be sure God has provided a solution that compromises neither. Through | Hugh Ross | ||
| c333b9b | Proof of the beginning of time probably ranks as the most theologically significant theorem. This great significance arises from the theorem establishing that the universe must be caused by some Entity capable of creating the universe entirely independent of space and time. Such an entity matches the attributes of the God of the Bible but is contradicted by the gods of the eastern (and indeed all other) religions who create within space and.. | astrophysics big-bang god religion science | Hugh Ross | |
| 51dfbab | More than fifty years have passed since the flask experiments by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey rekindled the primordial soup hypothesis for the origin of life. Scientists now realize, however, that generating miniscule amounts of a few amino acids is irrelevant to the origin of life because the chemicals in Miller and Urey's experiment were exposed to neither oxygen nor ultraviolet light. The fact that Earth never possessed measurable quan.. | Hugh Ross | ||
| 772f742 | water vapor is a greenhouse gas, | Hugh Ross | ||
| 052ce75 | I felt guilty about the broken china; the fallen pot ring; the fancy towels, now ruined; the dinner . . . but most of all, I was worried about Yolanda, who was in excruciating pain from burns. . . . Sean's | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 22c0e0d | So do I. But I am a good friend of hers now. We are deeply attached to each other. Perhaps in time she would forgive me.' 'What are you trying to say?' 'I'm trying to say that if I told her what had happened between us she would be hurt. But no more so, I believe, than you hurt her in London.' Ross put down his knife. 'I don't understand that at all.' 'You killed a man because of her. Oh, I know it was his challenge. And I know the quarrel .. | Winston Graham | ||
| 5f8ac01 | Because we lack complete understanding of the Bible and all that it reveals, doubts are inevitable. As with anomalies, doubts present us with opportunities to dig deeper, to check for some truth we may have overlooked. Doubts become powerful tools for testing and either affirming or revising our understanding of Scripture and of God's character and purposes. Through the expression of doubts and the subsequent hard work of seeking resolution.. | Hugh Ross | ||
| 5e9d363 | I'm convinced God calls each of us to use whatever talents, skills, and gifts he endows us with to draw others toward him. To me, the differentiation of spiritual gifts implies that each Christian will "evangelize" (convey the good news to others) in a different but nonetheless productive way. In this context, every Christian is gifted for evangelism, but each Christian's manner of expressing that gift will be unique." | Hugh Ross | ||
| 50c3479 | The book of nature brought me to the book of Scripture, which led me, in turn, to submit my life to the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. I am not alone. I have met many others who came to Christ in a similar way. Some Christians are amazed to hear how frequently I get to share my faith with strangers. To a large degree, God uses the book of nature and the links he reveals between nature's record and key components of his redemptive plan to open up t.. | Hugh Ross | ||
| 8b5d690 | The uniqueness of God's Word sets our faith apart from all others. No other book reveals both the world around us and the world within us with complete and demonstrable accuracy and consistency. Testable accuracy and consistency. Increasing accuracy and consistency. So, that's where my apologia begins. It ends, of course, with the person who rightfully claimed, 'I am the way--and the truth and the life' (John 14:6). | Hugh Ross | ||
| 2a369b5 | I anticipate that our readiness to engage ensures our opportunities to participate in the mission, to complete the work God has prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). | Hugh Ross | ||
| 6cf703a | Some Christians feel embarrassed to admit doubts because they've been told that if they just had enough faith, they'd harbor no doubts. They worry that people might find out about their doubts and, consequently, think less of them as Jesus's followers. If we meet someone who struggles in this way, let's be ready to remind them that since God knows our doubts already, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain by admitting them and askin.. | Hugh Ross | ||
| f50534a | As gently as possible, I sprinkled the cubes over her legs. "Goldy," | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| ee789ef | One down a joyless, undecorated corridor to a long, windowed room that resembled the day room of a hospital. The guard opened the door and waited for me to pass through, then stationed himself by a window, sentrylike. In the far right corner, General Bo Farquhar was slumped in a turquoise plastic chair. When he heard us come into the room, he moved slowly to get up. He turned to face me, then held out his arms. I walked forward and hugged h.. | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| ff9311a | between the three of | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 3f4c11a | veteran--or so she claimed--of | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 8a9367b | masculine blend of brown and | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 45d14bb | Darling, my friend has just been mugged and she needs better coffee than this. Was it made from ancient beans? Do us all a favor and make a fresh pot. | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| a902228 | I'm sorry for when you asked me about Soviet foreign policy I said , Who gives a $@!&? | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 437a957 | canceled? | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 94ec44c | believe | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 573def2 | Exactly. Well, not exactly. She didn't say 'have sex.' She | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| f4c01a4 | Warren | Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| 02ab183 | Be thou the first true Merit to befriend;His praise is lost, who stays till All commend. | An Essay on Criticism | ||
| 51c73d7 | worry. For you, I prepare guisada de guilota ." "Wonderful. What's that?" "Is quail braised in tomatillo-chili sauce." | Sue Grafton | ||
| 98e33ee | There was a certain, subterranean moral code in play, but surely, I could think of a way around that old thing. | Sue Grafton | ||
| a4f51b9 | Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu. | Sue Grafton | ||
| e32d126 | Then I mouthed the sweetest four words in the English language: I told you so. | Sue Grafton | ||
| c0b47cb | Family's tough. It's like walking through a minefield, hoping you won't get blown to bits, | Sue Grafton | ||
| 1093d09 | Climp. After Sloan's death, the two boys decided to move in with their dad. Joey was in the same graduating class she was. His brother, | Sue Grafton | ||
| 0070fbf | should be relieved, but I'm pissed. The irony is that he's probably still going to dominate my life. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 0a750e0 | Fifty percent of the local citizens are sympathetic and the other fifty are pissed as hell. Does the problem get solved? No, it does not. | Sue Grafton | ||
| a91addb | By doing nothing, Sloan's so-called friends had sealed her fate as surely as Fritz had with his gun. In hindsight, did any of them recognize the price she had paid for their passivity? Their failure to act was all the more damning for the ease with which they rationalized their behavior afterward. | Sue Grafton | ||
| c19e12e | My dear, acting out is not the point because then the game would end. If I gave up the hope of reprisal, I'd forfeit the anger, which is better than pain. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 5599895 | It wasn't about finding the right answer; it was about patience and diligence. I surrendered to the process, ascribing the same importance to this work as to anything else I did. | Sue Grafton | ||
| ed88f28 | I shrugged, remembering the many swats I'd endured at my Aunt Gin's hands. She always assured me she'd really give me something to cry about if I wanted to protest. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 331fdf7 | Now and then when some dog set up a howl in the back, one or the other of the cats would appear to smile faintly. | Sue Grafton | ||
| d2ebe18 | Pam is petite, a bristly little chihuahua of a human being. She is the only woman I ever met who claims to be ten years older than she actually is so everyone will tell her how young she looks. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 649662a | I was more pissed off in retrospect than I'd been at the time. I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first. | Sue Grafton | ||
| e69fe0a | I hid the fold of paper in my bra, where I knew it would remain undisturbed. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 7bed7e3 | crayon. Age had given his face a softly | Sue Grafton | ||
| df759a1 | As long as you have sufficient toilet paper, how far wrong can life go? | Sue Grafton |