The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
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Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
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I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.
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In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
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Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.
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The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.
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