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> [“To be a Christian means gradually, Sunday after Sunday, to be subsumed into another story, a different account of where we have come from and where we are going, a story that is called “gospel.” You are properly called a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/to-be-a-christian-means-gradually-sunday-after-sunday-to-be-subsumed/)

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## More by William H. Willimon

> [“Despite our earnest efforts, we couldn't climb all the way up to God. So what did God do? In an amazing act of condescension,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/despite-our-earnest-efforts-we-couldn-t-climb-all-the-way-up-to-god/)

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> [“Jesus didn't die as a frustrated failed revolutionary. His death was the revolution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/jesus-didn-t-die-as-a-frustrated-failed-revolutionary-his-death-was/)

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> [“To be a Christian means gradually, Sunday after Sunday, to be subsumed into another story, a different account of where we have come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/to-be-a-christian-means-gradually-sunday-after-sunday-to-be-subsumed/)

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> [“It takes great faith in Easter, particularly faith in the gift of the Holy Spirit, to be honest with our people that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/it-takes-great-faith-in-easter-particularly-faith-in-the-gift-of-the/)

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> [“A good teacher must be content to be a sower rather than a reaper," he said. "Teachers must not expect to see immediate, specific,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/a-good-teacher-must-be-content-to-be-a-sower-rather-than-a-reaper-he/)

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> [“. . . when we take upon ourselves his yoke of obedience, his yoke is easy, his burden is light (Matt. 11:28-30). When is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/when-we-take-upon-ourselves-his-yoke-of-obedience-his-yoke-is-easy/)

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> [“A sovereign, creative, truthful God is not threatened by our human attempts to describe and better to understand the nature and purposes of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/a-sovereign-creative-truthful-god-is-not-threatened-by-our-human/)

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> [“So there are no nontheologians; there is just good theology and bad theology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/so-there-are-no-nontheologians-there-is-just-good-theology-and-bad/)

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> [“We may come singing 'Just As I Am,' but we will not stay by being our same old selves. The needs of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-willimon/we-may-come-singing-just-as-i-am-but-we-will-not-stay-by-being-our/)

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