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Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.


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We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.



The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.



We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.



What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.



We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.



The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.



Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony



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Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.





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The New York Times is most definitely a left-wing concern that is openly contemptuous of the conservative, traditional point of view. That is the primary reason the paper may soon dissolve.



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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.



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Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.




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