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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
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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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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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I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of you and your day.
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Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.
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The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.
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The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.
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It wasn't long ago I was cleaning toilets and now I have protestors. How cool is this?
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You are a beautiful mess, you are the melody.
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I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.
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Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence
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Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.
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If anything matters, then everything matters.
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I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.
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Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.
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Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
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I make a distinction between true and real. I think that the story is true, it’s just not real. That’s what a parable is. It takes things that we all know are real, and it takes life events that actually happens, and it weaves them into a fiction that allows truth to actually be embedded.
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The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.
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Lies are a little fortress inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
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Did I hear God call me an idiot?
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Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.
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I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.
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