“Eat the meat and spit out the bones.” This popular catchphrase means that if you hear a teacher give a questionable teaching—something you don’t understand or that seems off somehow—you can ignore that particular teaching, but you
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“When I'm sitting in my counselor chair and I hear these phrases being spoken to a partner, I often stop the action and say "You are heading in the wrong direction. Proceed only if you intend to wreck this relationship.":
"Haven't you gotten over that yet?" "I'm sorry that you were offended." "I asked for and received forgiveness from God." "I should be excused because I..." "You're too sensitive. It was only joking." "Why do you always..." "If you hadn't..." "You sound like your mother." "That's just silly." "That's life." "What's the big deal?" "To the extent that you were offended..." "Gimme a break." "You just need to get over it." "There's nothing I can do about that now. I can't take away the past." "Why can't you let bygones be bygones?”
― When Sorry Isn't Enough: Making Things Right with Those You Love
"Haven't you gotten over that yet?" "I'm sorry that you were offended." "I asked for and received forgiveness from God." "I should be excused because I..." "You're too sensitive. It was only joking." "Why do you always..." "If you hadn't..." "You sound like your mother." "That's just silly." "That's life." "What's the big deal?" "To the extent that you were offended..." "Gimme a break." "You just need to get over it." "There's nothing I can do about that now. I can't take away the past." "Why can't you let bygones be bygones?”
― When Sorry Isn't Enough: Making Things Right with Those You Love
“Acetaminophen has for decades been the nation’s leading cause of acute liver failure.”
― No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
― No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
“who you are is more important than what you do. Why? Because the love of Jesus in you is the greatest gift you have to give to others. Who you are as a person — and specifically how well you love — will always have a larger and longer impact on those around you than what you do. Your”
― The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World
― The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World
“Friends, it’s not about the goal or the dream you have. It’s about who you become on your way to that goal.”
― Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
― Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
“irresponsibly, to withhold that information from the FDA and the public. But sixty years passed between the introduction of Johnson’s Baby Powder and clear evidence that it contained asbestos. Nearly twenty years separated Tylenol’s introduction and the discovery that it was the most dangerous over-the-counter medicine on the market.”
― No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
― No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
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