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Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.

Matt Chandler

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If we confuse the gospel with response to the gospel, we will drift from what keeps the gospel on the ground, what makes it clear and personal, and the next thing you know, we will be doing a bunch of different things that actually obscure the gospel, not reveal it.
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I'm accepted by God and it has nothing to do with me.
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