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City of God

by Augustine of Hippo

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Aug 21, 2025 02:25PM

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What Beauty There Is

by Cory Anderson (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 24, 2025 09:09PM

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Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)

by Anonymous

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"Doing a challenge to read the Bible in a month!" — Jul 07, 2025 11:20PM

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Elsey’s Quotes

“If I am the pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make my mind up for me.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

tags: inspirational

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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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“Scripture is the grammar textbook for the language of God, instructing us clearly in the patterns of meaning and the rules by which we are enabled to read everything else.”
― Joe Rigney, The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney

tags: analogy, bible, metaphor, natural-revelation, reading-life, scripture, special-revelation

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“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
― Douglas Wilson

tags: human-growth, marriage

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“...her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth...”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

tags: attolia

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