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> [The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/the-good-news-does-not-hinge-on-words-like-do-or-change-but-on-the/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

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## More by Mark Galli

> [I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people live not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/i-sometimes-wonder-whether-our-churches-living-as-we-do-in-american/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [“The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in numbers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/the-wealthy-jesus-says-can-only-get-into-heaven-through-the-eye-of-a/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [To paraphrase Paul, God often uses the cheesy to confound the sophisticated. He regularly honors those who are confused about his leading as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-paraphrase-paul-god-often-uses-the-cheesy-to-confound-the/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [ “\[denial\] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/denial-is-an-attempt-to-bring-order-to-our-lives/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [“What we feel and how we feel is far more important than what we think and how we think. Feeling is the stuff of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/what-we-feel-and-how-we-feel-is-far-more-important-than-what-we-think/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/the-christian-life-does-not-just-evolve-it-also-requires-specific/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [“For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/for-his-own-unfathomable-reasons-god-chooses-to-disguise-himself-when/)

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> [“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom," says Paul. And we are most in line with the Spirit, most faithfully obedient,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/where-the-spirit-of-the-lord-is-there-is-freedom-says-paul-and-we-are/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who lives one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/i-like-a-tranquil-even-keeled-self-controlled-god-a-god-who-doesn-t/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [God's love for us is uncoerced and so freely given that it does not demand a response. But so freely is it given that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/god-s-love-for-us-is-uncoerced-and-so-freely-given-that-it-does-not/)

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> [“In our desire to be real we start thinking that authenticity is another word for spontaneity, as if everything we say at the spur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/in-our-desire-to-be-real-we-start-thinking-that-authenticity-is/)

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> [“By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also play a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/by-participating-in-the-liturgy-we-re-doing-more-than-attending-a/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [ As is typical of this God \[of Israel\], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/as-is-typical-of-this-god-of-israel-he-calls-his-people-into-freedom/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

> [ “If the church is the body of Christ \[who was disguised in servant form\], why would we think the world would be able to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/if-the-church-is-the-body-of-christ-who-was-disguised-in-servant-form/)

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> [The Old Testament does, in fact, seem to make a distinction between the life of a child and the life of a fetus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/the-old-testament-does-in-fact-seem-to-make-a-distinction-between-the/)

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