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Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.


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Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.



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The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.



Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.



All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.



How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?



God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.



When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.



There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.



It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.



I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.





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To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.



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Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

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