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“Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped”

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Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.

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“The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12).”

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The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.

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“He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody.…

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“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would be disagreeing…

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“The dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature, which if you saw it now, you would…

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God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and…

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“If you can grasp those two truths—you are made in His image and dependent on Him—you will discover a great dignity and at the…

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“There will be times in your life when you want to pray but feel so far from God that prayer seems impossible. The flesh…

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“He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.”

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