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    Dave Lomas
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    But here’s the truth: what we do is not the truest thing about us. Building our identity on the foundation of what we do creates an identity that can crack or break or tumble down at any moment.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    2 Chronicles 7:14, James 4:6, Proverbs 29:23, Psalm 25:9, Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 18:4, Luke 18:14
    Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certain...

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    Angela Doll Carlson
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    When I am away from Liturgy for too long, I find I burn for it now, for the steadiness of the calendar, the words" that ring out in repetition, the heavy scented air. When I return each week, I a...

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    Robert Leighton
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    Solitude, silence, and the strait keeping of the heart, are the foundations and grounds of a spiritual life.

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    Ken Untener
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    1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Hebrews 11:13, Galatians 6:9, Philippians 1:6
    "Oscar Romero's Prayer" It helps, now and then,to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime onl...

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    Robert Andrews Millikan
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    The first important quarrel of this sort arose over the advancing by Copernicus of his theory that the earth, instead of being a flat plane and the center of the universe, was actually only one of a n...

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    Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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    In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish...

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    Otto Friedrich Bollnow
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    The virtue of gratitude . . . directly touches the ultimate foundations of human existence, for there is hardly another quality of man that is so suited to reveal the state of his inner spiritual and ...

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    Steven Boyer and Chris Hall
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    The foundation of all reality, the imaginable source of everything that is, is not just a monolithic “T”, ‘but also a remarkably mutual we,’ a communion of distinct persons supremely united in persona...

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    Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Fundamentally, our mission (if it is biblically informed and validated) means our committed participation as God’s people, at God’s invitation and command, in God’s own mission within the history of G...

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    Martin Heidegger
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    The essence of building is letting dwell.

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    Edmund Burke
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    Ephesians 4:2, Matthew 23:12, Colossians 3:12, Micah 6:8, Proverbs 22:4, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:6
    True humility—the basis of the Christian system—is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

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    Malcolm Gladwell
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    People don’t rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and patronage. The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all themselves. But in fact they are invariably the benefici...

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    Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer
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    Joshua 24:14-15, Daniel 1:8-21 , Exodus 1:15-21, Romans 14:5-6, Acts 4:18-20 , Psalm 15:1-2
    We might say that convictions are firmly held moral or religious beliefs that guide our beliefs, actions, or choices.

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    Richard Plass and James Cofield
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    The primary factor that determines the pattern a child will land on is trust. Trust is born and nurtured in the infant through the consistent and reliable care of the primary caregivers. Trust is the ...

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    Rupertus Meldenius
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    In Essentials Unity; In Non-Essentials Liberty; In All Things Charity

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    Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw
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    Joy is the very foundation of reality. Joy is where life began and where life is headed.

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

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    Stephen Covey
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    Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

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    Terry Tempest Williams
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    1 Corinthians 2:5, Romans 8:24-25, James 1:5-6, Romans 10:17, Isaiah 40:31, Proverbs 3:5-6
    Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.

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    John D. Zizioulas
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    Romans 5:2-5, 1 Peter 1:3-4, Colossians 1:27, Romans 8:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 3:13-14
    [The Christian Faith] has its roots in the future and its branches in the present.

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    Kevin DeYoung
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    The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.

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    Cyd and Geoff Holsclaw
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    Nehemiah 8:10
    Joy is the foundation of our identity and our resilience. Our neural pathways are wired as a result of our early experiences of joy. Without a strong foundation of joy, we struggle for identity and ar...

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    Luke Norsworthy
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    1 Peter 2:2, Colossians 2:6-7, Philippians 3:12-14, Ephesians 4:15, Galatians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Romans 12:2
    For some, faith begins with a hard shell, a rigid set of answers and platitudes that keep them safe but eventually prevent them from growing into who they could be. The system that was initially prote...

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    Anne Lamott
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    1 John 1:9, James 5:16, Romans 12:17-18, Mark 11:25, Luke 6:37, Colossians 3:13
    Earth is Forgiveness School. You might as well start at the dinner table. That way, you can do this work in comfortable pants.

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    Kevin DeYoung
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    Colossians 1:10, 1 John 3:18, Titus 3:8, John 15:5, Galatians 5:6
    Faith and good works are both necessary. But one is the root and the other the fruit.

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    Umberto Eco
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    “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

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    William Lane Craig
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    The simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus' resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city where he was executed and buried is powerful evidence f...

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    Walter Wangerin Jr.
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    Song of Solomon 8:6-7, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 19:4-6, Genesis 2:18, 21-24
    Marriage begins when two people make the clear, unqualified promise to be faithful, each to the other, until the end of their days. That spoken promise makes the difference. A new relationship is init...
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