"Christianity is not about learning how to live……" — Mike Yaconelli
"Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. The grace of God is preposterous enough to accept as beautiful a coloring that anyone else would reject as ugly. The grace of God sees beyond the scribbling to the heart of the scribbler - a scribbler who is similar to two thieves who hung on crosses on either side of Jesus. One of the two asked Jesus to please accept his scribbled and sloppy life into the kingdom of God and He did. Preposterous. And very good news for the rest of us scribblers."
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25 Quotes by Mike Yaconelli
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets,…
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
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Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself…
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I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a…
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But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.
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