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> [“The church is never more in danger than when it sees itself simply as the solution-bearer and forgets that every day it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/the-church-is-never-more-in-danger-than-when-it-sees-itself-simply-as/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/most-christian-leadership-is-exercised-by-people-who-do-not-know-how/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [I think it's important to realise that what happens in Neo-Platonism beginning with Plotinus and Porphyry and then going on for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/i-think-it-s-important-to-realise-that-what-happens-in-neo-platonism/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

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> [I've had lots of discussions with my Muslim brothers and sisters who have said to me, "Christianity is a white man's religion"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immortal-technique/i-ve-had-lots-of-discussions-with-my-muslim-brothers-and-sisters-who/)

[Immortal Technique](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immortal-technique/)

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