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You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Journalist
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Atlanta
Georgia
Knowing
Law
Without
Heart

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And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth.
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We're concerned with how things turn out God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
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Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.
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... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to presenting faith in a grace-full way.
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... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off humbly admitting mistakes disarms.
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No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.
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The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply that far more may be going on out there: beyond that stadium scene, in a place concealed from all camera lenses, a great party has erupted, a gigantic celebration in the unseen world.
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Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God Pelagius methodically worked to please God.
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Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.
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If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.
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The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.
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One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies ahead, the vision of the Biblical prophets. In a world gone astray we should be activity demonstrating here and now God's will for the planet.
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Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.
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