Smart Quote of the Week: George MacDonald

“It is better to never have learned the Father than to have learned Him wrong.” —George MacDonald

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Smart Quote of the Week: Richard Rohr

“My starting point is that we’re already there. We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness… We have nothing to attain or even learn. We do, however, need to unlearn some things.” -Richard Rohr

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Smart Quote of the Week: Watchman Nee

“The law makes demands and leaves us helpless to fulfill them; Christ makes demands, but he himself fulfills in us the very demands he makes.” —Watchman Nee

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Smart Quote of the Week: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

He who is alone with his sin is utterly alone. . . . But it is the grace of the gospel, which is so hard for the pious to understand, that confronts us with the truth and says: You are a sinner, a great, desperate sinner; now come as the sinner you are, to the God who loves you.

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Smart Quote of the Week: C.S. Lewis

“I sometimes pray ‘Lord give me no more and no less self-knowledge than I can at this moment make a good use of.’ Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can’t see it. So quietly submit to be painted.” —C.S. Lewis

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Smart Quote of the Week: Frank Viola

“When Satan reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.” —Frank Viola

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Smart Quote of the Week: C.S. Lewis

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. —C.S. Lewis

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Smart Quote of the Week: Brennan Manning

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. —Brennan Manning

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Smart Quote of the Week: Francis A. Schaeffer

We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman’s discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Christ. —Francis A. Schaeffer

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Smart Quote of the Week: King Solomon

“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” —King Solomon, Proverbs 4:23

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