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> [The church seeks to help form people who can risk being peaceful in a violent world, risk being kind in a competitive world, risk being faithful in an age of cynicism, risk being gentle among those who admire the tough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/the-church-seeks-to-help-form-people-who-can-risk-being-peaceful-in-a/)

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## More by John Howard Yoder

> [“If we read the text alone, assuming that the word 'cross' can only derive its meaning from the later death of Jesus, then its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/if-we-read-the-text-alone-assuming-that-the-word-cross-can-only/)

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> [“Before drawing any affirmative conclusions let us first note the absence of the concept of imitation as a general pastoral or moral guideline. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/before-drawing-any-affirmative-conclusions-let-us-first-note-the/)

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> [The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect but one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/the-relationship-between-the-obedience-of-gods-people-and-the-triumph/)

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> [“Traditionally, common social location meant that the two partners used the same family name. In recent years alternative patterns of naming have been developed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/traditionally-common-social-location-meant-that-the-two-partners-used/)

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> [The church is called to be now what the world is called to be ultimately](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/the-church-is-called-to-be-now-what-the-world-is-called-to-be/)

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> [“We use the word cross in our hymns, in our piety, in our prayers, and in our pastoral language. But we use it too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/we-use-the-word-cross-in-our-hymns-in-our-piety-in-our-prayers-and-in/)

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> [The church seeks to help form people who can risk being peaceful in a violent world, risk being kind in a competitive world, risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/the-church-seeks-to-help-form-people-who-can-risk-being-peaceful-in-a/)

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> [“The cross is not a detour or a hurdle on the way to the kingdom, nor is it even the way to the kingdom;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/the-cross-is-not-a-detour-or-a-hurdle-on-the-way-to-the-kingdom-nor/)

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> [“Incarnation' does not originally mean (as it tends to today in some theologies of history, and in some kinds of Anglican today) that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-yoder/incarnation-does-not-originally-mean-as-it-tends-to-today-in-some/)

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