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title: "3 Reading Gospels Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-d-mclaren/the-church-has-been-preoccupied-with-the-question-what-happens-to/)

[Brian D. McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-d-mclaren/)

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> [Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/reading-the-gospels-without-the-personality-of-jesus-is-like-watching/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/nothing-would-please-us-more-than-to-see-our-beloved-children-form/)

[Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/)

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