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“Faithfulness does not feel like what it is accomplishing. We have gotten so consumed with feelings needing to be pleasant that we have discarded the generally unpleasant feelings of faithfulness. It doesn’t feel good, so it cannot be good. But discarding the feelings of faithfulness discards the fruits of it.”
― You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It
― You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It
“We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they come home as Romans.”
― Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who walk with God
― Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who walk with God
“But God did not save us because we were so valuable. We have value because He saved us.”
― You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It
― You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It
“When you believe niceness disproves the presence of racism, it’s easy to start believing bigotry is rare, and that the label racist should be applied only to mean-spirited, intentional acts of discrimination. The problem with this framework—besides being a gross misunderstanding of how racism operates in systems and structures enabled by nice people—is that it obligates me to be nice in return, rather than truthful. I am expected to come closer to the racists. Be nicer to them. Coddle them.”
― I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
― I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
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