Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. We are all desperate, and that is in fact the only state appropriate to a human being who wants to know God. Having fallen from the absolute Ideal, we have nowhere to land but in the safety net of absolute grace. β¨ Philip Yancey (2008). The Jesus I Never Knew, p.105, Zondervan
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- The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it. β¨ Philip Yancey (2003). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.141, HarperCollins Christian Publishing
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- As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can handle my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my v β¦ βΆ
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