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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God’s poetic justice.
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The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Character Doctrine Grace Perfect Save Sheer Since Strong
It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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The main human problems often are that we misidentify what will make us happy; and we ask people and things to save us beyond their ability.
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
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Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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Christian Deeply Dream Jesus Marriage Must Relationship Single Status

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