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John Fortune
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Effectual faith can only come through thorough conviction.
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is the more attractive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation.”
― Life Together
― Life Together
“Thomas Merton puts it this way: “Life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.”2”
― Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God
― Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God
“The act of willing surrender is a choice of openness, a choice of abandonment of self-determination, a choice of cooperation with God.”
― Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God
― Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God
“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
322 books
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40 friends
547 books
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89 friends
351 books
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55 friends
536 books
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108 friends
1,045 books
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186 books
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133 friends
2,829 books
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35 friends
137 books
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81 friends
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Art, Biography, Business, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, Spirituality, and Young-adult
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