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Archive of Quotes
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Ideas
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"When ideas fail, words come in very
handy." --Goethe--
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Idolatry
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"It's easy to get attached to idols,
good things inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the center
of a room, everything else only junks up the decor."
--Chuck Swindoll--
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"This is golden-calf country.
Relgious feeling runs high, but in ways far removed from what was said
on Sinai and done on Calvary. While everyone has a hunger for God,
deep and insatiable, none of us has any great desire for him. What
we really want is to be our own gods and to have whatever other gods that
are around help us in this work. This is as true for Christians as
for non-Christians."
-- Eugene Peterson, Subversive Spirituality,
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"Calvin saw the human heart as a relentlessly
efficient factory for producing idols. people commonly see the pastor
as the quality-control engineer in the factory. The moment we accept
the position we defect from our vocation. People want things to work
better; they want a life that is more interesting; they want help through
a difficult time; they want meaning and significance in their venture.
They want God, in a way, but certainly not a "jealous God," not the "God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Mostly they want to be their
own god and stay in control, but have ancillary divine assistance for the
hard parts."
-- Eugene Peterson, Subversive Spirituality,
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Image
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The preoccupation with projecting
the perfect image, of being a model Christian and edifying others with
our virtues, leads to self-consciousness, sticky pedestal behavior, and
bondage to human respect. As my spiritual director Larry Hein said..."'Give
up trying to look like a saint.' It'll be better for everybody."
-- Brennan Manning --
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Imagination
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"Imagination is the greatest gift
God has given us and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him."
-- Oswald Chambers --
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Impossible
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"When we are facing the impossible
we can count upon the God of the impossible."
-- Amy Carmichael --
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Indecision
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"I'm not indecisive. Am I indecisive?"
Jim Seibel, when Mayor of St. Paul, MN
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Individuality
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"Basketball develops individuality,
initiative, and leadership. Now get out there and do exactly what
I tell you to."
-- Dick Vitale --
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Integrity
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"The most effective argument for Christianity
is still the good lives of those who profess it." A.W. Tozer, The Set
of the Sail, 16.
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Intelligence
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"I want to gain 1,500 or 2,000 yards,
whichever comes first."
-- George Rogers, New Orleans Saints Running
Back --
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Interest (Spiritual)
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"If spiritual interest is on the rise and
yet the church isn't the dominant location for exploring this interest,
then doesn't this tell us something as leaders?"
Ron Martoia, Morph!, 22.
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Intolerance of Intolerance
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"I hate intolerant people."
-- Gloria Steinem --
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