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The Brotherhood of Silence

by Margaret Holland

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Jan 21, 2017 03:25PM

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“My publisher conducted a website poll, and of the 678 respondents only 23 felt satisfied with the time they were spending in prayer. That”
― Philip Yancey, Prayer

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“A human being is not someone who once in a while makes a mistake, and God is not someone who now and then forgives. No, human beings are sinners and God is love.”
― Philip Yancey, Prayer

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“When I listened to public prayers in evangelical churches, I heard people telling God what to do, combined with thinly veiled hints on how others should behave. When”
― Philip Yancey, Prayer

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“We pray because we can’t help it. The”
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“Does prayer change God or change me?”
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