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“Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.”

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John Deacon, born on August 19, 1951, is a British musician best known for his role as the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Queen. His musical talent and unique style have had a profound impact on the band's musical direction. more

“Like an ethereal presence You hang out everywhere. Not a naughty or scary goblin, Rather, an inquisitive observer, A concerned, caring custodian, Visiting every niche and closet Where we stuff the undesired Of our messy, blemished lives, You haunt territories we ignore, Hoping we will find you there.”

Stuff Concerned Scary Caring Hanging Out Territory Closets Observers Messy Niche Visiting Naughty Ethereal Inquisitive Goblin Custodians

Author:Joyce Rupp

“God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.”

Knows Evil Opposites Holiness

Author:David F. Wells

“There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world, with its empty worship, its market-driven superficiality, and its trivial thought. It is a breeze blowing toward better, deeper, more honest things. I suspect that it is the Holy Spirit who is blowing, that this is his breeze, and that these leaves that are shaking are the signs of better things to come within an evangelical faith that is thus being reformed. Let us all pray that it is so!”

World States Spirit Honest Praying Holy Worship Empty Deeper Driven Holy Spirit Suspects Breeze Shaking Discontent Evangelical Superficiality

Author:David F. Wells

“What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just our choices but what we have chosen in place of God.”

Choices Chosen Who We Are Forgiven Our Choices Sinning Sinfulness

Book:The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World

Source: The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World

“The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is too ordinary, His judgment is too benign, His gospel is too easy, and His Christ is too common.”

World Problem Today Easy Christ Church Common Grace Truth Is Judgment Ordinary Fundamentals World Today Evangelical Benign

Author:David F. Wells

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