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“Karl Barth once wittily remarked, “One can not speak of God simply by speaking of man in a loud voice.”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, The Trinitarian Devotion of John Owen

“Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle—yet the way to reality. There is nothing more important, or harder, or richer, or more life-altering. There is absolutely nothing so great as prayer.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

“Christmas split history. Foretastes of the future abound. Drink deeply on what he achieved for us. And be filled with hope for all that is coming.”
― John Piper, The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

“The gospel Paul preached destroyed racism (“neither Jew no Greek”), economic classism (“slave nor free”), and gender inequality (“no male and female”). The local church should be a mosaic that the world looks at and says, “So that’s what heaven looks like.”
― Derwin L. Gray, The High Definition Leader: Building Multiethnic Churches in a Multiethnic World