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By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for ours revealed the…

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To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible,…
Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.
Theology without practice is the theology of demons
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because…
But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who…
Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand…
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and…
If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples which correspond…
When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height;…
Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through…
Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from…
He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent…

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Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and… — Francis of Assisi
Reverential human acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign, in response to his gracious revelation of himself, and in accordance… — Unknown Author
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter… — Richard J. Foster
Jesus’ message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his… — George Eldon Ladd
By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for… — Maximus the Confessor
If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would… — Archibald Alexander
Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his… — William Shakespeare
I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister… — Jim Butcher
Prayer is a specific divine appointment, an ordinance of Heaven, whereby God purposes to carry out His gracious designs on earth and… — Edward McKendree Bounds
God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may… — Patrick Gordon

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