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Have already lost count of the number of times I have said “ooooofffff” out loud while reading this.

“In the ancient Hebrew understanding of righteousness, a community of pious, private spiritual practice without equal devotion to costly public compassion was not only dysfunctional but oxymoronic.”

“Prayer, properly understood and practiced, is the seed from which fruitfulness grows.”

“Everything that is exists because God spoke the first word. But neither does God ask Adam and Eve to sit back and watch him rule. He invites their participation, even designing creation in such a way that it demands participation.”