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“The same God who judges the sinner—who requires faith to believe—gives the faith. The faith comes by hearing and studying the Word of God. It is an act of mercy that He gives the faith. It is by grace I am saved through the faith that He ...more
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“He calls religious faith “an attempt to procure a certainty of happiness and a protection against suffering through a delusional remolding of reality . . . and no one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes it as such.” Nevertheless, Freud acknowledges that one’s worldview can not only lessen unhappiness, but can also influence the degree of happiness one experiences. He expresses envy that his worldview offers little in this regard.”
Armand M. Nicholi Jr., The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life

William L. Shirer
“Ciano also heard hints “of the Fuehrer’s tender feelings for a beautiful girl. She is twenty years old, with beautiful quiet eyes, regular features and a magnificent body. Her name is Sigrid von Lappus. They see each other frequently and intimately.” (The Ciano Diaries, p. 85.)”
William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

Robert Matzen
“Visser ’t Hooft also had unorthodox requests of his young volunteer aide, like calling upon Audrey to deliver the local Resistance newspaper, Oranjekrant. With paper pulp in extremely short supply, the Oranjekrant packed its volume of critical information into a surface area about the size of half a paper napkin. Audrey described having “to step in and deliver our tiny underground newspaper. I stuffed them in my woolen socks in my wooden shoes, got on my bike and delivered them.”
Robert Matzen, Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II

Michael D. Coogan
“16Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.”
Michael D. Coogan, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

Michael D. Coogan
“3For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, 4and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.”
Michael D. Coogan, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

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