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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.

John Ortberg

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
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
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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Anand Thakur
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Anand Thakur
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
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Anand Thakur
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
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
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Anand Thakur
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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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself

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