"Our new cultural postmodern credo for avoiding sin is, "Hurt no one and do what you please." ... I much prefer Augustine's credo for avoiding sin: "Love God and..."
"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your....."
"These seven [who were chosen to oversee the food distribution] were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.
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"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
And don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go...."
"Dear Believer,
Have you noticed how people sometimes ask the wrong questions? Those questions reveal their assumptions about reality and their place...."
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