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Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Paul Young
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And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.
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I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.
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I believe that, that Christ became sin for us.
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I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.
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Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name.
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Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value.
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The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart.
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Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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