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The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.

~Frederica Mathewes-Green

Topics: Alert Away Devil God He Him His Instead Lure Main Might Plans Purpose Quietly Scare Scared Stepping Undermine Us Wants Way

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It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from Jesus' fold.

~Frederica Mathewes-Green

Topics: Battered Been Christians Fold God Jesus Some Stories Tragic Vindictive

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God's presence is not just Light, and Life, but Love. And Love invites, but does not compel.

~Frederica Mathewes-Green

Topics: Compel Does God Invites Just Life Light Love Presence

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The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task.

~Frederica Mathewes-Green

Topics: Bible Book Brings Comforts Effects Erase Functions Fundamentally God Many Misguided Offense Powerful Presence Task Trying Us

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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

~Frederick Buechner

Topics: Drops God Handkerchief His Holy Occasionally Saints World

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The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

~Frederick Buechner

Topics: Because Been Complete God Grace Here Life Like Means Might Never Party Something Without You Your

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It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

~Frederick Buechner

Topics: Arthur Demonstrate Even Existence God Holmes Impossible Man Sherlock Sherlock Holmes Would

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One and God make a majority.

~Frederick Douglass

Topics: God Majority Make

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On Earth, God has placed no more than two powers, and as there is in Heaven but one God, so is there here one Pope and one Emperor. Divine providence has specially appointed the Roman Empire to prevent the continuance of schism in the Church.

~Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Topics: Appointed Church Divine Earth Emperor Empire God Heaven Here More Placed Pope Powers Prevent Providence Roman Roman Empire Than Two

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Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be ruler if the control of the Roman city be wrested from my hands.

~Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Topics: Am Appear Both City Control Emperor God Hands Name Nothing Ordination Roman Romans Ruler Shall Since

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