Benefits Quote by Barbara Brown Taylor

“With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.”

Barbara Brown Taylor

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