D. A. Carson Quotes
The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental denial of God's sovereignty, of God's rights, and a brazen elevation of self to the apogee of one's perception, and therefore an idolatrous focus on self, which is the heart of all sin
D. A. Carson
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Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.
Orson Pratt
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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
G. Gordon Liddy
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I, for one, can't be sure at all there is a God.
Vincent Bugliosi
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Maeve Binchy
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Kat Edmonson
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Johann Lamont
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Go to the battlefield firmly confident of victory and you will come home with no wounds whatsoever.
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The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental denial of God's sovereignty, of God's rights, and a brazen elevation of self to the apogee of one's perception, and therefore an idolatrous focus on self, which is the heart of all sin
D. A. Carson
