Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Anand Thakur
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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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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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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