The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.
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The history of Christianity would have been far happier if we all had remembered one rule of intelligence -- not to believe a thing more strongly at the end of a bitter argument than at the beginning, not to believe it with the energy of the opposition rather than one's own.Charles Williams
My feeling is we are still doing an outstanding job. The fact that we have been successful in keeping it down shows that 2004 was not a fluke. It was good strategies at work ... and extremely hard work.
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It is easier often to forgive than to be forgiven; yet it is fatal to be willing to be forgiven by God and to be reluctant to be forgiven by men.
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In preparing for trial and because of the motions she has filed to exclude witnesses I decided to re-file. I didn't want to risk this evidence not coming in.
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Everybody is doing their part. I can't emphasize enough the police officer on the street. They are the ones bringing us the success. Day in and day out.
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