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Bloodline (Sigma Force, #8)

by James Rollins (Goodreads Author)

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“... the way we perceive God affects everything else in our lives.”
― Steve McVey, Beyond an Angry God: You Can’t Imagine How Much He Loves You

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“If you have seen your God through the lens of legalistic religion, you most likely have believed that God was warning them [Adam and Eve] that He would punsih them if they ate from the tree. Nothing could be further from the heart or intent of God. He wouldn't kill them - sin would kill them. God wasn't warning them about what He would do but about what sin would do to them.”
― Steve McVey, Beyond an Angry God: You Can’t Imagine How Much He Loves You

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“The heart of our Creator is to bless you. Dead religion presents a freakish caricature, a pseudo-god who is reluctant to bless his creatures unless they toe the line of impeccable moral behavior and tireless service to him. But the authentic God of the Bible blessed Adam and Eve immediately [Genesis 1:27-28] - before they worshipped, before they served, before they prayed, before they displayed any kind of action at all. The first divine act toward humanity tells us so very much about Him.”
― Steve McVey, Beyond an Angry God: You Can’t Imagine How Much He Loves You

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“Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership

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“When people form their opinion about God from what they hear from contemporary legalistic religion, it's no wonder they conclude that God is a cranky, old, bookkeeping, judgmental, demanding deity who is more interested in people's behavior than anything else. It would be easy to see how a god like that would be angry much of the time.
Sadly, people who hold that view of God impose it on the Bible and interpret the Bible to present a God like that. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not saying that our God is a milquetoast, a mild-mannered god who can be managed. He's no kitten, that for sure.”
― Steve McVey, Beyond an Angry God: You Can’t Imagine How Much He Loves You

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