"If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in obedience to Him. Conversely, if the church becomes detached from Jesus Christ and His Word, it cannot grow however active and successful it may seem to be."

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Source : Os Guinness (1993). “Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity”, p.39, Baker Books

Os Guinness

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“The Buccaneers was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.”
“I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things.”

Source : "Dana Spiotta on living the creative life". Interview with Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com. August 3, 2011.
“Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.”
“All lovely things will have an ending, all lovely things will fade and die; and youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.”

Source : Conrad Aiken (1961). “Selected Poems”, p.273, Oxford University Press on Demand
“I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.”
“No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.”
“Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirv?na, the highest happiness.”
“Our company has only been active in Beijing and Shanghai, two very market-dominated cities. This was an advantage. Land is purchased here in public auctions, in a transparent way. When you do real estate development outside Beijing and Shanghai it is good to have "guanxi" - good relations within the local government.”

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