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Sam Shoemaker

Sam Shoemaker (1893-1963) was an American Episcopal priest, author, and evangelist who served as chaplain at Princeton University. He was closely associated with the Oxford Group movement and became known for his prolific Christian writings on spiritual growth and Christian living. His works influenced generations of American Christians during the mid-20th century spiritual revival. more

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“Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, ?This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith?, they have to say in honesty, ?This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.? That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is ? being centered in self rather than in God.”

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