Jerry Bridges Quotes
Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.
Quotes to Explore
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Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.
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We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
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The simplest rudiment of mystical experience would seem to be that deepened sense of the significance of a maxim or formula which occasionally sweeps over one.
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There they laugh: they do not understand me; I am not the mouth for these ears.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.
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We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.
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Have you ever had the sensation of looking at someone for the first time and ever so quickly the past and future seem to fuse ? Does that not mean something ? That we felt so much, so deeply, before even speaking?
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Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.
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The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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God is the ultimate judge of what is truly in our souls. But we are requiered to forgive everyone.
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Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.
