"You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide."

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"You and I are, by birth, by nature, and by choice, inwardly depraved, which is to say that we are entirely corrupt. That's not to say that we have no good in us; we do. However, anything good in us has been tainted with evil. It touches everything. Without the redeeming power of Christ we cannot halt our own moral slide."

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"When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless."

"When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win."

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"We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him."

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"We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said."

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"Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it."

"Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill."

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"Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive."

"Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth."

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"When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right in the center of His will. The path of obedience is often marked by times of suffering and loss."

"[Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say 'you might be my witnesses, ' or 'you could be my witnesses, ' or even 'you should be my witnesses.' He said 'you will be my witnesses."