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“Some want to live within the sound
Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
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Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue shop,
Within a yard of hell.”
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“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“The marker of those who understand the gospel of Jesus Christ is that, when they stumble and fall, when they screw up, they run to God and not from him, because they clearly understand that their acceptance before God is not predicated upon their behavior but on the righteous life of Jesus Christ and his sacrificial death.”
― The Explicit Gospel
― The Explicit Gospel
“The answer to deep anxiety is the deep adoration of God.”
― The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas
― The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas
“1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us.
2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us.
3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.”
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us.
3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. These three reasons have one thing in common: they see people as “bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.”
― When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man
Luke’s 2024 Year in Books
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123 friends
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90 books
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360 books
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411 books
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