No one can violently attack something without taking it seriously in some way. No one attacks belief in Zeus anymore. No one gets emotional over the Flat Earth Society. Yet Christianity calls forth the deepest emotions -- even and especially in the ones who most reject it.

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. It is the thing that is usually taken for granted. The one thing that can bring us up even after we have fallen. This quote is about the power of belief, how it can give us the strength to rise up even when we fall down.

Source: Loving God With All Your Mind: Thinking As A Christian In A Postmodern World

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