"The problem is, many of the people in……" — Barbara Brown Taylor
"The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do."
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35 Quotes by Barbara Brown Taylor
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Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what…
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No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the…
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Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
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With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and…
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What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from…
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There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the…
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What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one…
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Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you…
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The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since…
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If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were…
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I discovered a version of the sinner's prayer that increased my faith far more than the one that I had…
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I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at…
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We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And…
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I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state.
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I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at…
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A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together…
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I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were…
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See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.
— Charles Barkley
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In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
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