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“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
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“He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.”
― North and South
― North and South
“Girl be blowed!” I snapped. “I’m here as a brain, not as a female.”
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
― The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
“It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't - which, of course, is pretty often - she is surprised and affronted.”
― Orphan Train
― Orphan Train
“I am convinced it is, then our churches are filled with believers who are hurting, to one degree or another, whether visible or unseen. Some come every Sunday clinging to a thread of hope that somehow the church will be the body of Christ that supports them, offers a word of hope, and helps them find a way to walk through the storm with God instead of without God.”
― Hurting with God
― Hurting with God
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