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The strength of your faith is not measured by the absence of doubt, but by the faithfulness of your life in the face of doubt.

Nicky Gumbel

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
Author
Barrister
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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Doubt
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Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.
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People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.
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It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.
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A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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Be thankful for every day. Learn from mistakes. Don't dwell on regrets. Forgive with love. Gain strength from every struggle.
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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.
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Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing
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Too often we try to use God to change our circumstance, when God is trying to use our circumstance to change us.
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I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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Church is not an organization you join it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
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Prayer for the city is important. For every city in the world, the city should be prayed for. Particularly for London, it is a strategic city for the UK as well as the world, therefore the future of London is significant to the UK, and also the rest of the world.
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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
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The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all.
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I think 75% of the population of Great Britain are probably still de-churched. It's the younger end, the 25%, the merging generation, who have no church background at all.
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I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.
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Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
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