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Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed.

Ravi Zacharias

Having killed God, the atheist is left with no reason for being, no morality to espouse, no meaning to life, and no hope beyond the grave.
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Beyond God Grave Hope Kill Life Meaning Reason
Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.
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Definition Goodness Holy Life Moments
To allow God to be God we must follow Him for who He is and what He intends, and not for what we want and what we prefer.
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God Himself Intention Preference
An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy.
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Ideas Income Intellectual Money Word
Conviction is not merely an opinion. It is something rooted so deeply in the conscience that to change a conviction would be to change the very essence of who you are.
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Change Conscience Essence Opinion Yourself
The grace of forgiveness, because God Himself has paid the price, is a Christian distinctive and stands splendidly against our hate-filled, unforgiving world. God’s forgiveness gives us a fresh start.
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Forgiveness Grace Hate Religion Stand Start World
Truth cannot be sacrificed at the altar of pretended tolerance. Real tolerance is deference to all ideas, not indifference to the truth.
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Difference Ideas Pretend Sacrifice Tolerance Truth
When you find your definitions in God, you find the very purpose for which you were created. Put your hand into God’s hand, know His absolutes, demonstrate His love, present His truth, and the message of redemption and transformation will take hold.
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Creation Definition Demonstration God Hold Message Purpose Transformation
Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God’s word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.
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Activity Busy God Meditation Mystery Person Program Recognition Silence
Respect for the right of another to be wrong does not mean that the wrong is right.
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Respect Right Wrong
The ultimate test of any civilization is how we treat the most vulnerable… what we do to our children. Our world has lost its direction.
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Children Civilization Direction Lost Ourselves Ultimate
Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing.
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Beginning Complete Life Moments
A mood can be a dangerous state of mind, because it can crush reason under the weight of feeling.
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Dangerous Feeling Mindset State
Who is God? Who are we? What is our purpose? All these questions remain unanswered. I want to reach the genuine seeker of spiritual well-being. My goal is to satisfy the hunger and longing for those who are seeking the truth.
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Answer Goal God Purpose Question Satisfaction Seek Truth Yourself
A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God.
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Demand God Himself Intellectual Man Need Refusal Rejection
Love is the greatest apologetic. It is the essential component in reaching the whole person in a fragmented world. The need is vast, but it is also imperative that we be willing to follow the example of Jesus and meet the need.
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Apology Fragment Greatness Love Need Person Willing

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