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I now knew the secret of color. It was a gift for us, like God kissing us on the forehead, because he not only made the world in colors, but he also designed our eyes to see those colors. I now knew why God had made us in such ordinary ...more
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“Religion, being a human construct, allows
people to create a God after their own image instead of the other way round.”
Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“I have remembered this episode for a long time because it so clearly illustrates the confusion we are in. We think of sin as a series of misdeeds, but in Biblical theology it is a condition.”
Rutledge, Help My Unbelief

“Synonyms know each other like old colleagues, like a set of friends who’ve seen the world together. They swap stories, reminisce about their origins and forget that though they are similar, they are entirely different, and though they share a certain set of attributes, one can never be the other. Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.”
Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“To God obscenity is not uncovered flesh. It is exposed intention. Nakedness is just a state of heart.”
Calvin Miller, The Singer Trilogy

“Hate sometimes stands quite close to love. God too stands often near to evil—like silent chessmen—side by side. Only the color of the squares is different.”
Calvin Miller, The Singer Trilogy

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Join me for a discussion of my novel The Writing on My Forehead , which is being released in paperback in March. The Q&A will start on Monday, Marc ...more
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