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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

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To everyone God is the kind of God he believes in.

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Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.

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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

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The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.

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All are called to be what in the reality of God they already are.

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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.

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Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

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Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.

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Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.

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The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it.

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Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

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A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.

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When people are deeply affected by the Word, they tell it to other people.

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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.

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God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises...

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The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

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Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

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The more isolated a person is, the more destructive the power of sin over him.

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Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

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Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.

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You have granted me many blessings; let me also accept what is hard from your hand.

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In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one.

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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.

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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.

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Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.

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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

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