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“Self-obsession is not self-realization but self-destruction.”

Book:The True Image: The Origin and Destiny of Man in Christ

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“They would neither join a different denomination nor leave the church altogether. Irene Q. Brown's chapter is a study of the kind of woman who has absented herself from church attendance but contributes her service to church projects in a spirit of devotional activity. Denominational loyalty has often been achieved through a kind of ironic accommodation on the part of women, a conscious willingness t”

Feminism Anglican Episcopalian

Author:Catherine M Prelinger

“Vision without action is a daydream, but action without vision is a nightmare.”

Dream Success Vision

Author:Japanese Proverb

“While it may have been true at the end of the nineteenth century to describe the Anglican Church as the Tory Party at prayer, it would be more correct to say, of its leaders today, that they represent the Labour Party trying to remember how to pray, while not really understanding the point of it.”

Politics Prayer Anglican

Author:Roger Scruton

“The US "Down Low" is thronging with young Black males who live double lives in the homosexual urban underground. These "Black" and "queer" young males, who have sex with men and live straight lives, reject "gays" as "faggots who dress, talk and act like girls", thereby ascribing a White effeminacy to gayness and embracing a Black hypermasculinity.”

Usa Down Low

Book:Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures

Source: Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures

“Coming around to the idea that many Christians weren’t self-aware sinners who were striving to be Christ-like was something that I obviously took a long time to acknowledge. Recognizing that evangelicals had gone a step further, into the realm of self-delusion and moral superiority, took even longer.”

Evangelicals Religious Right

Book:The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values

Source: The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values

“Jesus entered as he did, where he did, doing what he did because God needed us to finally comprehend the truth: God is not a sky king who heads an empire. God is the love that gives itself away for the sake of more love.”

Racism Beloved Community Episcopal Church

Book:The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community

Source: The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community

“Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy Holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.”

Episcopal Church

Author:The Book Of Common Prayer

“It inspired a kind of Huck Finn moment when I decided it was better to risk hell than shrivel in the midst of a toxic Southern Baptist morality.”

Inspiration Morality Toxic Southern Baptist Huck Finn

Book:Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

Source: Eating Fire: My Life as a Lesbian Avenger

“Wait, go back to that Southern Baptist part,” Julia said, interrupting, as she does. “Are you a born-again?” articulating her question as if she were asking me if I were really a headhunter or a Martian. “Yes,” I said, “but I'm not an asshole. At least not theologically speaking.”

Faith Jesus Grace Theology Born Again Southern Baptist

Book:Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace

Source: Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace

“Christ never reaches down to us or looks down at us. He reaches OUT to save us.”

Inspiration Bible Study Bible Study For Women Bible Study Women Of The Bible

Author:Mary Rodman

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