Tension comes from fear, and fear comes from a lack of confidence and a loss of trust.
“I think that churches would be places of greater intimacy and growth in Christ if people stopped lying about what we need, what we fear, where we fail, and how we sin.”
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
“Technology is everything that doesn’t work yet.”
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“Barbara Tuchman defined a folly as an action by the state that was against its national interest, and despite being recognized as such, follies were policies that were maintained for a prolonged period, thus inflicting considerable societal and economic damage.”
― The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity
― The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”
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“There is a core difference between sharing the gospel with the lost and imposing a specific moral standard on the unconverted.”
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
― The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
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