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“There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.”

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German pastor, theologian, philosopher, and member of the resistance against the Nazis. Born on February 4, 1906, in Germany, he was executed on April 9, 1945 in a concentration camp. more

“What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do. I used to say that I believed it was important to tell people about Jesus, but I never did. A friend kindly explained that if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say. We live for what we believe.”

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Book:Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Source: Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

“I used love like money, but love doesn't work like money. It is not a commodity. When we barter with it, we all lose. When the church does not love it's enemies, it fuels their rage. It makes them hate us more.”

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Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.”

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Author:Randy Newman

“If you are anything like me you'll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.”

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“Good deeds, create good will, which opens the heart to the good news.”

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“An individual gospel without a social gospel is a soul without a body and a social gospel without an individual gospel is a body without a soul. One is a ghost, the other a corpse.”

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“It's very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.”

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Author:Dallas Willard

“I don't talk people into the Kingdom, I listen them into it!”

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Author:Gary Poole

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