It seems that God arranged the most humiliating circumstances possible for His entrance, as if to avoid any charge of favoritism.
– Philip Yancey
Related Quotes:
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- To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- A fool shouts charge when he should retreat, A coward shouts retreat when he should charge and a wise man knows the difference. I charge. – Tonny K Brown
- Charge’ means coming together of all the circumstances and -˜discharge’ means the circumstances get over. – Dada Bhagwan
- The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all. – Craig D Lounsbrough
- Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society. – David McCullough
- Believers if opt to practice Favoritism will fail miserably to build a relationship of Mutual Trust & True Respect for themselves. – Santosh Thankachan
- Much of life appears mundane at the time. Yet in God’s providence every moment includes significant details arranged by His divine hand. – Dillon Burroughs
- All of us in the church need -œgrace-healed eyes- to see the potential in others for the same grace that God has so lavishly bestowed on us. – Philip Yancey
- We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest. – Philip Yancey
- Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present. – Philip Yancey
- God’s gifts are best used when we give them away in serving those who have less. – Philip Yancey
- Only Christianity dares to make God’s love unconditional. – Philip Yancey
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- The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right. – Christopher Hitchens
- Everything seems impossible And everything seems possible. – Dejan Stojanovic
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- One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so. – Franz Kafka
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- The first nation to separate Christianity from government produced perhaps the most religious nation on earth. – Philip Yancey
- But should not atheists have an equal obligation to explain the origin of pleasure in a world of randomness and meaninglessness? – Philip Yancey
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- Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative. – Philip Yancey
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- We shall never arrive at true meekness by any other way than by humiliating ourselves and by honoring others from the depth of our hearts. – John Calvin
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- I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work. – Jeremy Camp
- It is dehumanizing, demeaning and humiliating when you fail or refuse to acknowledge or respond to a Good Morning greeting. #Mannerism – Adeagbo Caleb Adewumi
- Isn’t it queer that the things we writhe over at night are seldom wicked things? Just humiliating ones. – LM Montgomery
- It’s not the circumstances that we should feel threatened by, it’s the fear of the circumstances that poses the real threat. – Richie Norton
- #Cats are marvelous creatures – they either adapt to circumstances, or decide to make circumstances adapt to them. Either way – they win. – Will Advise