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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Young
William Paul Young
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The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and relentless invitation to deepening relationship but any lack of belief or participation on our part has no power to negate the accomplished truth of that declaration.
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You are free to love without an agenda
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Does that mean, asked Mack, that all roads will lead to you? Not at all, smiled Jesus...Most roads don't lead anywhere. What it does mean is that I will travel any road to find you.
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Healing is as incremental and mysterious as the damage ... what took time, takes time.
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I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.
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Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience it is all about relationships of love and respect.
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So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth and deceives those I care about. What mental turmoil and anxiety does any human face that is not related to one of those three?
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If anything matters, then everything matters.
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You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.
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Jesus picked up the conversation. As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be' in relationship with Me and one another. If you had trully learned to regard one another's concerns as significant as your own, there would be no need for hierarchy.
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Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.
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The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.
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Love always leaves a significant mark.
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So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.
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when I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you.
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All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.
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Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve.
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And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you.
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If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
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I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.
William P. Young