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“those who claimed Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East were just as likely to claim that America was the oldest democracy in the world. And both claims relied on excluding whole swaths of the population living under the rule of the state.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

“Religion has accepted the monstrous heresy that noise, size, activity and bluster make a man dear to God.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

“By one estimate, simply collecting unpaid federal income taxes from the top 1 percent of households would bring in some $175 billion a year. We could just about fill the entire poverty gap in America if the richest among us simply paid all the taxes they owed.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“We often forget what an honor it is that God would offer relationship. We can get so accustomed to people begging us to follow God that we forget what a miracle it is that we are invited.”
― Francis Chan, Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples