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I didn't know what to expect from this book but I really, really enjoyed it. I found it to be thorough yet not boring; fair and objective and short enough that it didn't take forever to get through. I bet if you read it you will see many of your own
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The Greek word translated “gentle” here occurs just three other times in the New Testament: in the first beatitude, that “the meek” will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5); in the prophecy in Matthew 21:5 (quoting Zech. 9:9) that Jesus the king
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“Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.”
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“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.”
― Don't Waste Your Life
― Don't Waste Your Life
“What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.”
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“Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly objects from before them, to magnify nothing but what is great indeed, and to talk of God to them, and of His works and ways. before they can either speak or go.”
― Centuries of Meditations
― Centuries of Meditations
“Instead of communicating "I love you, so let me make life easy for you," I decided that my message needed to be something more along these lines: "I love you. I believe in you. I know what you're capable of. So I'm going to make you work.”
― Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement
― Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement
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