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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

John Ortberg

Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

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