“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
“No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.”
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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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“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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“Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?”
“We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Crooked Kingdom
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