Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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Theology is like a map. Merely learning and thinking about the Christian doctrines, if you stop there, is less real and less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The friends of evangelical doctrine, and the advocates of orthodoxy, have the following objects to keep ever in view in this age;… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
My objection to the church isn't that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too -… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
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I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I would be with the people. I know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity,… — David Bosch Copy Share Image
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The Devil has seldom done a cleverer thing that hinting to the Church that part of their mission is to provide entertainment… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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![“Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity, not of ecclesiology or soteriology. The classical doctrine of the missio dei as God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit [is] expanded to…” quote by David Bosch](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d1b/david-bosch-49039_church_mission-is-understood-as-being-derived-f_2616990.jpg)
