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The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies.

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At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son.

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The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness.

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Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

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My father was only thirty-one when he died of a heart attack, much too young for a father to die and leave his young wife with five rambunctious little kids to take care of. I was the youngest. Only a couple of months old when he died.

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Some people still have causes they will not desert, even though the cause seems lost.

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Nothing is more private than a woman's body; it is her physical, emotional, and moral citadel. She cannot be free at all if she is not free to decide for herself, in private, what to do with her body.

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As I read the New Testament, I find only one path to salvation - the path of an informed faith in Jesus Christ.

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True, the apostles did not expressly say that people will be saved only if they repent, believe, and confess. But most evangelicals assume - with good reason - that this is what the apostles implied.

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Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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