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“fasting is firstly about reversing the effects of the Fall by training the desires of the body to obey the will of the soul. If a person can learn to control cravings for good things, like food, he or she will more likely be able to control cravings for evil things, like sin.”
― Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
― Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus
“God is meek and despises nothing more than cruelty.”
― An Analysis of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: Chapters 1 - 9; Linked to the Bible
― An Analysis of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: Chapters 1 - 9; Linked to the Bible
“Life is a series of beautiful moments interspersed by great trials. The trick to being happy is to learn to have beautiful moments during the trials. Faith isn’t a belief that God will spare you from problems; it is a belief that he’s still God and will carry you through those problems.”
― I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know
― I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know
“Some persons whom I had interviewed had instantaneous “spontaneous recoveries during prayer, including one case in which other cases of such spontaneous recoveries were not known, but their doctors classified the recoveries as anomalies and refused to admit that a miracle had occurred. One doctor also told me of a dramatic, medically inexplicable healing that occurred after prayer, in which case he was an eyewitness, but the surgeon was content to label it a “spontaneous healing.”[151] This approach to classifying data to fit existing naturalistic paradigms inevitably obscures all potential evidence in conflict with the paradigm.”
― Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts
― Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts
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