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We shall do even greater things because the love that lived in the radical Christ now lives within millions of ordinary radicals all over the planet.

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People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live,

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One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.

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Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.

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So if the world hates us, we take courage that it hated Jesus first. If you're wondering whether you'll be safe, just look at what they did to Jesus and those who followed him. There are safer ways to live than by being a Christian.

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Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through us, or they want to write us off as superhuman and create a safe distance. One of my favorite quotes, written on my wall here in bold black marker, is from Dorothy Day: "Don't call us saints; we don't want to be dismissed that easily

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No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.

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