“Worship is the practice of cultivating reverence that prevents idolatry and affords powerful symbols to what is ultimate.”
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“We do not know what God is. God Himself does not know what He is because He is not anything. Literally God is not, because He transcends being.”
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“Humour is about a clash of perspective that gets resolved with play; absurdity is about a clash of perspectives that we can’t resolve with play.”
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“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“HUDSON TAYLOR – THE PROGRESSION OF A MISSIONARY CALL:
As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.
As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.
Late in life, as a veteran missionary:
If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China.”
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As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.
As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.
Late in life, as a veteran missionary:
If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China.”
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