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God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.

Timothy Keller

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The Bible judges the church the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.
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If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.
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The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He ‪rose from the dead.
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