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Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.

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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
Kind
Kindness
Door
Doors
Powerful
Words
Force
May
Unlock
Better
Iron

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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.
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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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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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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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When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.
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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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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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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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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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The only label I would choose for myself is Christian, but if you pushed me and you say, 'What sort of Christian are you?' I'm an Anglican.
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