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“The sword was not the kingdom, he says.”
― A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
― A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
“It is important that we never separate our love for God from our love for others. For loving our neighbors as ourselves is one central way we love God.”
― Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God
― Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God
“The central mark of a maturing Christian, and of a maturing congregation, is that they increasingly love others as Christ loves them.”
― Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God
― Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God
“He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Religion is the archrival of intimate spirituality…Religion, a tiresome system of manmade dos and don’ts, woulds and shoulds – impotent to change human lives but tragically capable of devastating them – is what is left after a true love for God has drained away. Religion is the shell that is left after the real thing has disappeared.”
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