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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

John Ortberg

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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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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Cure God Sin Vision
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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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