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> [“Dilemmas always are a source of polarization. We quickly move over to simplistic either-or’s … in which the fulness of truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/dilemmas-always-are-a-source-of-polarization-we-quickly-move-over-to/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

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> [“...much theological discussion is wasted, not because the words used have no possible meaning, but because the people who use them don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-haughton/much-theological-discussion-is-wasted-not-because-the-words-used-have/)

[Rosemary Haughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-haughton/)

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> [God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/god-has-hardwired-me-to-thoroughly-enjoy-and-be-sharpened-by-good-and/)

[Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/)

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> [“Whatever it was that people experience in Jesus has today come to be identified with medieval doctrines based on premodern assumptions that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/whatever-it-was-that-people-experience-in-jesus-has-today-come-to-be/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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