"Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves."
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"Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God."
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"Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals."
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"Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself"
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"If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior."
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"Occasionally God rips aside the veil, and you begin to see this very fact: All things happen for you. All things. Everything is knit together."
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"Christ's miracles were not the suspension of the natural order but the restoration of the natural order. They were a reminder of what once was prior to the fall and a preview of what will eventually be a universal reality once again--a world of peace and justice, without death, disease, or conflict."
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"Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well."
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"You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly."
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"The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life."
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"When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory."
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"It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it."
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"Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ... - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally and sound sophisticated, - but if the preachers understand their hearts and culture so well that listeners feel the force of the sermon's reasoning, even if in the end they don't agree with it."
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"If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god ever call you out on anything?"
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"If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere"
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"The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church; the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims."
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"Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you."
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"The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life."
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"Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend."
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"What the heart most wants, the mind finds reasonable, the will finds doable, and the emotions find desirable."
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