Ted Dekker Quotes

Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

Ted Dekker

• Heart
• True
• Light
• Evil
• Forget
• Sacrifice
• Prove
• Embrace
• Lust
• Seduction

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• Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what is should flee. Forgetting it once had a true lover. Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Heart
  • True
  • Light