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“We do not simply decide to believe, having been convinced by factual evidence. We first grasp the truth, being enabled by the Holy Spirit, and then the external evidence for the truth suddenly takes on new significance. Thus we ‘understand’ by faith.
Anselm said, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ whereas Abelard said, ‘I seek to understand in order that I may believe.”
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Anselm said, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ whereas Abelard said, ‘I seek to understand in order that I may believe.”
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“...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”
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“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.
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“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Confessions
― Confessions
“Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity. ”
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Rob’s 2025 Year in Books
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716 books
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238 books
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85 books
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413 books
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151 books
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786 books
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2,067 books
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