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I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
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San Angelo
Texas
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Wanted
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Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.
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Bread of Life? Jesus lived up to the title. But an unopened loaf does a person no good. Have you received the bread? Have you received God's forgiveness?
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You don't impress the officials at NASA with a paper airplane. You don't boast about your crayon sketches in the presence of Picasso. You don't claim equality with Einstein because you can write 'H20.' And you don't boast about your goodness in the presence of the Perfect.
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I'm protective of the reputation of Christ and the church.
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