Jerry Bridges Quotes
Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far too many instances within Christendom where our traditions and rules are, in practice, more important than God's commands.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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My hand still shakes when I sign autographs. I still go and sit in the movies like everyone else and look up there and go 'God! Movie stars! Wow!' And I'm in this business. I walk out there just fascinated, and I always want to stay like that. I'm just a little kid going to these movies, and I don't ever want to change.
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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.
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When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.
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Man, Dick Dale shreds. He's welcomed to anybody's bar mitzvah.
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It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection.
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If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.
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There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
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I feel like we can learn from each other by us, being the young generation, giving knowledge to the older guys.
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I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.
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The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold
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I detest legalism. I certainly don't want to try to pour new wine into old wineskins, imposing superseded First Covenant restrictions on Christians. But at the same time, every New Testament example of giving goes far beyond the tithe. However, none falls short of it.
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There is no social life outside of Christendom.
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The "Creed of Christendom" is alien to my nature, both emotional and intellectual.
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There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.
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Instead of someone waiting two months for a test, maybe we can lower that to a week
