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The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.

William P. Young

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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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Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience it is all about relationships of love and respect.
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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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Lies are a little fortress inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
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You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.
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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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In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.
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It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.
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The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart.
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It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.
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I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.
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City and country -- each has its own beauty and its own pain. Some of the smallness of small towns -- cattiness, everybody knowing everybody's business -- that can be challenging. And cities can be challenging, because no one can connect except electronically.
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True love never forces.
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Love is much stronger than your fault could ever be.
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I don't see the Father pouring out his wrath on the Son. I see the human race pouring out their wrath on the Son. So I see the only hope for the entire cosmos is what the Son chooses to accept, crawling upon the instrument of our greatest wrath. He met us at the deepest, darkest place.
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Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.
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Mack was getting frustrated. He spoke louder, 'But, don't I have a right to...' To complete a sentence without being interrupted? Not in reality. But as long as you think you do, you will surely get ticked off when someone cuts you off, even if it is God.
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There is always risk in relationships, but bottom line? The world has no meaning apart from relationships. Some are just messier than others, some are seasonal, others are difficult, and a few are easy, but every one of them is important.
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You are a beautiful mess, you are the melody.
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Jesus? he whispered as his voice choked I feel so lost A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.
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