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The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

~Philip Yancey

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The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.

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Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.

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Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.

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God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.

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When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.

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Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy.

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I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love.

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Nationality: American

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Born: Unknown

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