"The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of the Son of God and recreated by the grace of the Holy Spirit to a Kingdom of God."

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Source : Herman Bavinck (1922). “The Sacrifice of Praise: Meditations Before and After Receiving Access to the Table of the Lord”

Herman Bavinck

#Father Quotes #Son Quotes #Essence Quotes

“It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.”
“Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room.”
“I lose hope when the desire for life awakens within me; but I regain it whenever the longing for death comes upon me.”
“Sorry doesnâ€™t mean anything! Not when youâ€™re still with him. Itâ€™s not just that you cheatedâ€”itâ€™s that heâ€™s still here, and youâ€™re still with him. It just goes on and on, and it hurts every single time I see you with him. I hate it that he makes you smile, and that thereâ€™s nothing I can do to stop this. I canâ€™t think straight, and everything hurts, and nothing makes sense anymore. Youâ€™re shredding my heart with one hand and stroking his ego with the other. And itâ€™s killing me, Faythe. Youâ€™re killing me. And itâ€™s only going to get worse, now that everyone knows.”
“I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it â€¦ Interviewers have said, you like jazz, donâ€™t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.”
“I never planned my career in steps. It's all coming at me like burglars in the night.”
“How I'd love, love, love, to dance with my Father again...”

Source : Song: Dance With My Father, Album: Dance with My Father, 2003
“We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.”

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