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It is when people do not allow God to show up through them ... that the world collapses in on itself.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth.
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...I should have people around bugging me and getting under my skin because without people I could not grow - I could not grow in God, and I could not grow as a human.
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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
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Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was no explanation of conflict. At all.
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There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life.
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Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.
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