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Some people's theologies come across as blatantly wrong when weighed against what is revealed in Scripture. However God has mercy on those who may be wrong but genuinely seek understanding before seeking themselves.


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CRISS JAMI With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish y...
CRISS JAMI If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.
CRISS JAMI To esteem what makes you holy over what makes you happy - that is the greatest dare.
CRISS JAMI One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one bu...
CRISS JAMI Today's zealots are mostly those pretending to be anti-religious.
CRISS JAMI I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong a...
CRISS JAMI The internet is where some people go to show their true intelligence; others, their hidden stupidity...
CRISS JAMI Jealousy from a love affair is something even God can admit.
CRISS JAMI Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer s...
CRISS JAMI Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.
CRISS JAMI To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. 'Live, laugh, love, be n...
CRISS JAMI You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.
CRISS JAMI Have nuts and be nuts.
CRISS JAMI Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.
CRISS JAMI To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.
CRISS JAMI If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and...
CRISS JAMI The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it com...
CRISS JAMI As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositi...
CRISS JAMI My belief is that, morally, God and Satan are vaguely on the same page. According to the common unde...
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