We get used to living in a state of mild disappointment with ourselves.

Kevin DeYoung
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  1. The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.

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  3. The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

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