Jerry Bridges Quotes
Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.
Quotes to Explore
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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I love New York. A part of me will always be here. What can I say.
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Video has become much more social, and as a result, there are many opportunities to use video as a way to connect people, to give them opportunities to play and participate, to make things together and have a shared social experience. I think we are just at the beginning of really exploring what social video is and what we can make of it.
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Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Whatever limits us we call Fate.
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
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We can never say it often or loudly enough: Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America.
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I go to bed angry and I get up angrier every morning.
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We must plow through the whole of language.
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I wish people who sell things would stop trying to guess how many of something we want to buy. I want to buy things one at a time.
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A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.
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God, I needed you," he murmured. "I can't even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don't need you any less now. I think I need you more." ~Shane~
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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It might work in the short term, but it's not going to keep the people who hop from congregation to congregation. Church is about one's relationship with God and one's relationship with people. The gimmick may attract you for the moment, but it's the substance that will hold you there.
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Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.
