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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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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.
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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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Don't judge a person by their past. They don't necessarily live there anymore.
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The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience.
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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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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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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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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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I had a battle going on in my head: shall I just enjoy my life and then convert on my deathbed? But I felt I couldn't do that - it was now or never - so I took a step of faith and became a Christian.
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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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Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.
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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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Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities.
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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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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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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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