Pentecostals faced their own issues with racial compromise. William J. Seymour, born in Louisiana in 1870, suffered from blindness in one eye. In his midtwenties Seymour moved to Indianapolis for work and contracted small pox, which
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“The problem is this: those of us who are never satisfied with our accomplishments secretly believe nobody will love us unless we’re perfect.”
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“there would be no black church without racism in the white church.”
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
“This is why people may lose weight on a diet, but if the underlying emotional cause of the weight gain remains, they are destined to gain back the weight, just as taking a tranquilizer may reduce anxiety in a person at that moment but will not take away the reason they were anxious long term.”
― The Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet, and Exercise Choices
― The Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet, and Exercise Choices
“It makes me wonder how many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?”
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
“We don’t think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.”
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
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