I recommend getting yourself out from under any ministry that PREACHES LAW or a MIXTURE OF LAW AND GRACE, and instead listening to or reading anything you can find to reinforce the GRACE MESSAGE.
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.'' What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.
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Brennan Manning
Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.
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Anne Lamott
It's time we capture our imaginations for Christ
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Peter E. Gillquist
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.
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Sue Monk Kidd
The Lord doesn't want anybody in His house who has to be dragged there.
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Frank D. Gilroy
More Quotes By Paul Silway
Before prayer changes others, it first changes us.
The Bible teaches that money is one of the fruits of being prosperous, but it is certainly not the root.
People sometimes cling to the strangest beliefs. On the one hand, they believe in an all loving God, but on the other hand they believe He will give you cancer to test or mature you.
Prayer is not meant to be a burden or used as a badge of holiness. Instead, it is a gift of God that when used properly should yield great victory in our lives.
If someone has wronged you, tell this to yourself: “I did not deserve God’s forgiveness, but He forgave me through Christ. So I forgive this person also.
