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We deserve punishment and get forgiveness we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.

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
Deserve
Love
Wrath
Forgiveness
Punishment

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At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.
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As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can handle my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.
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