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“Marriage [is] two flawed people coming together to create a space of stability, love and consolation, a haven in a heartless world.” quote by Timothy Keller — Download Open image

““Marriage [is] two flawed people coming together to create a space of stability, love and consolation, a haven in a heartless world.””

Timothy Keller

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“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave us the presence of the Holy Spirit, the down payment of the age to come (2 Cor 1:21 – 22; Eph 1:13–14). At the end of time, he will come to complete what he began at…

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“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture, we will find that some of these themes resonate more deeply than others. Paul was able to speak to a wisdom-obsessed culture by using one of the great themes of the Bible, the wisdom of God…

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If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.

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God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free…

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“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When such a thing is threatened, your anger is absolute. Your anger is actually the way the idol keeps you in its service, in its chains. Therefore if you find that, despite all the efforts to forgive,…

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