Vance HavnerA soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.
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The Bible is filled with beautiful stories, but in many cases, they are merely the words of men who were trying to pass along their own values. Many times, it is the Bible that has added to the problems in our society instead of preventing them. By only preaching the kind of Christianity that tries to avoid the storms and bares no resemblance to what life is like outside the church walls, we cannot expect people to respect it.
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