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"And this is no kind of cosmic struggle; as in Revelation 12, the battle is one-sided, and victory is so swift and decisive that John has no time to describe it." — May 30, 2024 07:34PM
"And this is no kind of cosmic struggle; as in Revelation 12, the battle is one-sided, and victory is so swift and decisive that John has no time to describe it." — May 30, 2024 07:34PM
It’s the gospel before the gospel, a fierce bright shout of triumph thirty weeks before Bethlehem, thirty years before Cal-vary and Easter. It goes with a swing and a clap and a stamp. It’s all about God, and it’s all about revolution. And
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“Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
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― Worstward Ho
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Described credibly as the greatest living writer of English, Gene Wolfe writes, fulfills, and transcends genres such Science Fiction, Speculative Fict ...more
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