Becky Pliego

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“The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity...”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

tags: christian-thinker, flannery-o-connor, the-habit-of-being

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“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.1”
― Barnabas Piper, Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith

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“Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, These Strange Ashes

tags: christianity, elisabeth-elliot, suffering, the-cross, these-strange-ashes

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“If the Lord calls us to be a bridge, we have to learn to bear in his strength the weight. And it hurts. And it's good. And the Lord equips.”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

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“Whenever, wherever, however You want me, I'll go. And I'll begin this very minute. Lord, as I stand up from this place, and as I take my first step forward, will You consider this is a step toward complete obedience to You? I'll call it the step of yes.”
― Brother Andrew, God's Smuggler

tags: faith, obedience-christianity, service

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