William P. Young Quotes - Page 3

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• Look at us human beings: it's so much easier to be right than to love.

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  Looks, Easier, Humans

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• Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.

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  Pain, Loss, Hands

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• God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellect.

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  Voice, Paper, Authority

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, books.google.ru. June 20, 2008.

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• Image and appearance tell you little. The inside is bigger than the outside when you have the eyes to see.

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  Eye, Littles, Appearance

  "Cross Roads: What if You Could Go Back and Put Things Right?". Book by William P. Young, 2012.

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• In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book.

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  Book, Communication, Voice

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, books.google.ru. June 20, 2008.

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• In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.

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  Children, Broken, Parent

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• The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart.

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  Heart, Depth, Unforeseen

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• Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are the justifications for your lies. You know, like you are doing this to protect someone you love, to keep them from feeling pain. Whatever works, just so you feel okay about the lies.

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  Running, Wall, Pain

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• Jesus?" he whispered as his voice choked "I feel so lost" A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. "I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.

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  Letting Go, Jesus, Sorry

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• I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

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  Inspiration, Believe, Deep Affection

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• Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you.

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  Love, Unique, Two

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.

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• It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to. That means we have to categorize that person. We can call them emergent or neo orthodox or someone who feminizes scripture. There's the category, let's stick them in the category then just blow up the box and him along with it.

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  Christian, Religious, Mean

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• You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.

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  Flower, Roots, God Knows

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• And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.

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  Different, Trust In God, Appeasement

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• I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.

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  God, Trying, Santa

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• I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.

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  Book, Kids, Fiction

  Interview with C.J. Darlington, Miriam Parker, Deena Peterson, Melissa J. Carswell, www.titletrakk.com.

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• Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.

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  Wings, Bird, Shack

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, July 17, 2008.

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• I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.

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  Interview with C.J. Darlington, Miriam Parker, Deena Peterson, Melissa J. Carswell, www.titletrakk.com.

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• Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.

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  Jesus, Challenges, Dogma

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• If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

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  Laughter, Flower, Laughing

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• I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.

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  People, Situation, Raised

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• mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.

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  Mistake, Papa, Purpose

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• I'm an accidental writer.

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• This life is only the anteroom of a greater reality to come.

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  Life, Reality, Greater

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• I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.

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  Growing Up, Plato, Father

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