Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Anand Thakur
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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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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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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The church is in the hope business.
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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 primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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