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    Karl Barth
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    Acts 9:1-19, Luke 23:39-43, John 21:15-19, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32, John 1:16-17
    We are forbidden to take sin more seriously than grace, or even as seriously as grace.

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    James I. Packer
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    He [Satan] should be taken seriously, for malice and cunning make him fearsome; yet not so seriously as to provoke abject terror of him, for he is a beaten enemy.

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    John Stott
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    The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.

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    Gary Badcock
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    A theology of response does not need to be Pelagian; it need only be a theology in which the reality of the human is taken seriously.

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    Frederick Buechner
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    John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Luke 2:6-7, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, Matthew 18:2-4
    The incarnation is a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers... Until we too have taken the idea of the God-man seriously enough to be scandalized by i...

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    Christopher West
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    John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Genesis 1:27, Romans 12:1, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 3:20-21
    If the phrase “theology of the body” seems odd, perhaps it’s because we haven’t taken the reality of the incarnation as seriously as Scripture does. There’s nothing surprising about looking to the hum...

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    Peter Ustinov
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    It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

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    Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow
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    You cannot expect people to seriously consider your idea without accepting the possibility that they will challenge it. Accepting that process of engagement as the terrain of leadership liberates you ...

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    Wendell Berry
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    If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.

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    Epictetus
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    Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

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    Mother Teresa
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    John 1:14, Luke 2:10-11, Matthew 4:17, Luke 4:18-21, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 17:1-9, Luke 24:13-35
    As soon as we take the enfleshment of God, the incarnation which, for Christians, is represented by the person of Jesus Christ, then we start taking things seriously.

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    Alain de Botton
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    The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others’ appraisals to play a determinin...

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

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    Corrie Ten Boom
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    Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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    Susan B. Anthony
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    Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothi...

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Public men must expect public criticism, and as the public cannot be regarded as infallible, public men may expect to be criticized in a way which is neither fair nor pleasant. To all honest and just ...

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    Dorothy Day
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    I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

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    Cornford's Law
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    Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.

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    Alexandra Horowitz
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    Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that.

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    N. T. Wright
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    Matthew 18:21-22, Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9, Mark 11:25, Colossians 3:13
    Forgiveness doesn’t mean that we don’t take evil seriously after all; it means that we do. In fact, it means we take it doubly seriously. To begin with, it means a settled determination to name evil a...

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    William Shakespeare
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    “Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”

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    Susan Wolf
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    A person’s life can be meaningful only if she cares fairly deeply about some things, only if she is gripped, excited, interested, engaged.

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    Brennan Manning
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    Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality. Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality,...

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    Ziyad Marar
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    If I am to give you credit, I need to find you credible, while avoiding the risk of seeming credulous in giving credence to your discreditable account. From religious credos to street cred, from profe...

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    Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow
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    Proverbs 19:11, Romans 12:21, Isaiah 50:7, Nehemiah 6:3, Galatians 1:10
    When you take "personal" attacks personally, you unwittingly conspire in one of the common ways you can be taken out of action-you make yourself the issue. Attacks may be personal, understan...

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    George Washington Carver
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    When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

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    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. (New York: Harper & Row, 1963)

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    Arthur Conan Doyle
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    It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

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    G. K. Chesterton
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    We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

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    Michelle V. Lee
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    [Paying attention to those suffering most in a community] is a fundamental and paradoxical principle that goes to the heart of the gospel and the nature of eschatological existence.
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