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"Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God the glory." "Holiness...consists in thinking as God thinks and willing as God wills." ~ John Brown (Scottish theologian)

"Holiness is obeying God - loving one another as He loved us." "Holiness is obeying God - even when it's against our own interest" "Holiness is obeying God - sharing His love, even when it is inconvenient" "Holiness is obeying God - find ways to help this in need" "Holiness is obeying God"

"...in each of us there is sin - not just susceptibility to sin, but sin itself."

"...in each of us there is sin - not just susceptibility to sin, but sin itself."

"Repentance can be a threatening message - and rightly so. The Goapel must be the bad news of conviction of sin before it can be the good news of redemption."

"This is real faith: believing and acting obediently regardless of circumstance or contrary evidence"

"It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified."

We cannot deal with people like human beings, we cannot deal with them on the high level of true humanity, unless we really know their origin - who they are.

We cannot deal with people like human beings, we cannot deal with them on the high level of true humanity, unless we really know their origin - who they are.

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