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You are under-qualified for the job of God.

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When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.
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Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.
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Preaching is compelling to young secular adults ... - not if preachers use video clips from their favorite movies and dress informally and sound sophisticated, - but if the preachers understand their hearts and culture so well that listeners feel the force of the sermon's reasoning, even if in the end they don't agree with it.
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Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.
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Public faith means going public with what’s in your heart, with humility and respect for others, as we speak of the truth of the gospel.
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Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough.
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Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.
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God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver. From the earliest parts of the Bible, it was understood that God could not forgive without sacrifice. No one who is seriously wronged can “just forgive” the perpetrator.
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