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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

John Ortberg

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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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Anand Thakur

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

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