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Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
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God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
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For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.
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A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack this story in their presence.
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Heaven is God's answer to any suffering you may face.
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Because of Bethlehem, I have a friend in heaven.
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In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.
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I really enjoy making people laugh I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that befriends you to them. It engages you with them and then you can come in they will remember that point.
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My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.
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My concern is that somebody would make a decision against Christianity because of Mr. Trump's behavior.
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