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Unlike 'other' religious belief systems in competition with Christianity, we have not been called to become 'absorbed' into the deity but rather brought into communion with God through union with Christ thereby maintaining our unique individuality and personal identity ↗

— R. Alan Woods

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Unity despite diversity is exactly what defines Christianity as distinct from and antithetical to all other religious belief systems". ~R. Alan Woods [2006] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

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You can only accomplish the impossible when the God of the possible is involved". ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

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As Christians, if sin were the reason for our afflictions, then we should all be in ICU" ~ R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#sins #sins-of-omission #r-alan-woods

As he left Chinatown behind, Alan thought of the woman he’d seen on the wharf the other day, the golden splendor of her gown, her glossy hair and the turbulent emotion in her eyes. He wondered what she was doing right now and if she’d found happiness in her new home. ↗

— Bonnie Dee

#bonnie-dee #captive-bride #home

The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#happiness #humor #identity #intimacy #life

Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted" ~R. Alan Woods [2007] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

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