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We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.

Nicky Gumbel

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
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Barrister
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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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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Churches are not museums that display perfect people. They are hospitals where the wounded, hurt, injured and broken find healing.
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If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.
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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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I believe that sex is for marriage, and that's regardless of whether it's homosexual or hetero sexual.
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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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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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Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
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Sometimes God teaches us how to solve our problems. Sometimes God teaches us how to face our problems
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Life is short. Make the most of it. Put God first. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Laugh a lot. Find and live out your purpose.
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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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What unites the church is infinitely more important than what divides us.
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Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.
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Physical heat sometimes accompanies the filling of the Spirit and people experience it in their hands or some other part of their bodies. One person described a feeling of 'glowing all over'. Another said she experienced 'liquid heat'. Still another described 'burning in my arms when I was not hot'.
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Stop looking for the perfect church. It does not exist. Even if it did exist, the moment we joined it, it would no longer be perfect!
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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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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.
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