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If you truly love God and His will, then doing what you will, will, in fact, be doing what God wills.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
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It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable.
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To worship a crocodile is better to worship yourself.
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Original sin is the proclivity to say my will be done instead of thy will be done.
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