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I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

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D. A. Carson

Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.

Away, Boys, Door, Doors, Nasty, Running

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The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.

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We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.

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The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.

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It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.

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Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

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His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.

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