7 Quotes & Sayings By Dennis Garvin

When I was 11 years old, I had my first experience with a family member that wasn't alive. He was a man named Tom. He was an uncle I never knew who passed away at age 23. Tom was the son of my father's sister, who died when she was nine years old, leaving behind her mother and father Read more

Tom was the youngest of four children. We only knew him for a short time, but he always made an impression on me, and I remember him as someone who stood up for others. When I was 12 years old, one day after school, I overheard my parents talking about how it would be "nice" if Tom were still around. My father said something to the effect of, "He'd have been about your age now." I remember not being sure what they meant then or why this would be something that would be so "nice" for Tom to have happened.

But about a week later, my mother came home with a picture of her brother Tom. She asked me if I wanted to see it and told me to be quiet so she could show it to my father in another room. When he came back into the living room he had tears in his eyes and said that his brother Tom had recently passed away after suffering from leukemia for three years. I never saw that picture again after that day.

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How can you introduce error into the Bible? Have a human open it. The moment he reads it, the Bible because weighted down with his biases and expectations. Dennis Garvin
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The last Bible I looked at contained over 2000 pages, and you humans managed to get yourself kicked out Paradise by page 5. That has to be some kind of record. Dennis Garvin
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We periodically return to the throne of God for a transfusion of reality. It helps us recall that the redemption of mankind doesn't depend on us. Sometimes we lose sight of that. A visit back to the throne also reminds us of the One who loves us and that he is in charge. All this helps to remove a self-imposed burden from our backs. Dennis Garvin
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A wilderness experience includes a long walk back. Dennis Garvin
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Temptation is not his (Satan's) strongest weapon. Despair is. Dennis Garvin
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Most humans turn away from God simply for the privilege of deluding themselves into thinking they are the masters of their own destiny. Dennis Garvin