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“The one created thing which we cannot look at is the one thing in the light of which we look at everything. Like the sun at noonday, mysticism explains everything else by the blaze of its own victo...”
“If I formed the questions correctly, then perhaps the immediate answer might be in the vein of earlier responses to questions of what is right or wrong; that is, that there is not a clear-cut answe...”
“There are two common and complementary mistakes, which have been made over and over again concerning spirits by people in the Western world. The first of these is the orthodox Christian habit of as...”
“People are your responsibility and character is the hidden powers that cause the miracle people”
“You can create viable ventures out of turbulent adventure.”
“The sage of Nazareth may satisfy those who have never faced the problem of evil in their own lives; but to talk about an ideal to those who are under the thralldom of sin is a cruel mockery. Yet if...”
“The more things we accumulate, the more cluttered our lives become, and the more stressed we feel as we are compelled to think about them. Life is about people not about things.”
“Our life consists not in the pursuit of material success but in the quest for worthy spiritual growth. Our entire earthly existence is but a transitional stage in the movement toward something high...”
“Some take pains to be biblical, but many [Christian financial teachers, writers, investment counselors, and seminar leaders] simply parrot their secular colleagues. Other than beginning and ending ...”
“Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others.”
“God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.”
“. . . have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could the course of religion in its entire sweep not be mar...”
“Ive realized, though, we can either choose to be vulnerable or have moments of vulnerability sneak up on us. Like when youre happily alone, strutting around your house naked, but then hear a sound....”
“Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and even interacted with their respective deities d...”
“We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.”
“When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.”
“If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.”
“God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.”
“The judicial methods used by the Communists in our day are the same as those of the Holy Inquisition. To secure the Reign of Terror, the Communists are as brutal as the Christian Church was during ...”
“It is here that we see the dawn of hope: for no matter how formidably Communism bristles with tanks and rockets, no matter what successes it attains in seizing the planet, it is doomed never to van...”
