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The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness cannot understand it

Ted Dekker

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Ted Dekker
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 24
Author
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Republic of Indonesia
Theodore R. Dekker
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There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the forms of religion, and evil has as little to do with so much behavior condemned by religion. Both good and evil vie for the passions of the heart. For love!
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God is obviouslt God, and Heaven obviously exsists, and every word spoken here on earth turns heads up there.
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I think a woman is born with the desire to hear she is beautiful.
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Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates.
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There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's Veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His blood will never be the same.
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You'll have to learn to control your emotions. They're new, like achild's now, bursting with passion. Never let them fade, or part of you will die. But they cal also destroy you. Hold them dear, but don't let them take hold of you.
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Our lives hang in the balance of unpredictable situations. One minute you're driving down the road whistling a tune, the next moment the car right in front of you spins out of control and crashes. How you prepare for those unpredictable occurrences determines whether you live or die. Always leave an empty lane to your right or left for escape.
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And to understand how love unfolds, you must understand how Elyon loves.
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But what was possible or practical had been replaced by a far baser impulse. Hope.
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. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.
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Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.
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Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Halleluiah amen, you are dismissed.
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The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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But sometimes imperfect tools lead us toward perfect ends.
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Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound. ~Slater
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I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
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Where is God? Where can I find him? we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean
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My research for 'Adam' affected me profoundly, particularly the research into evil's underbelly. We tend not to think about evil until it pokes its head out of the air about us and then it tends to scare us silly. As well it should.
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You should know something, Miriam.... God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first God. If you ever need hlep, you might want to try the second God.
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