"Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what……" — R. Kent Hughes
"Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or her back."
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18 Quotes by R. Kent Hughes
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The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving…
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A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life.
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Fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the…
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One thing is certain: Nothing will set you apart from culture more than the exclusive claims of Christianity. And it…
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God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money.
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The key to liberation from the power of materialism is not an exodus from culture - abandoning Wall Street or…
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It is impossible for any Christian who spends the bulk of his evenings, month after month, week upon week, day…
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Today, there is a whole generation of Christian men who are laughing at things that ought to make them weep,…
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A taste of righteousness can be easily perverted into an overweening sense of self-righteousness and judgmentalism.
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On the most elementary level, you do not have to go to church to be a Christian. You do not…
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The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but…
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The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in…
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