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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov

“But their overall effect was to overemphasize immediate personal conversion to Christ instead of a studied period of reflection and conviction; emotional, simple, popular preaching instead of intellectually careful and doctrinally precise sermons; and personal feelings and relationship to Christ instead of a deep grasp of the nature of Christian teaching and ideas.”
― Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
― Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul

“"If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. There is no God, and there is no immortality. And what is the consequence of this? It means that life itself is absurd. It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose.”
― Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics
― Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics
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