“Despite all claims to the contrary, we have not been called by God to be inspectors of others production or quality of 'fruit'.”
“We all claimed God as our God, but we had been serving lesser things.”
“Perhaps some of us will have learned enough to make a difference, to influence things for the better, to wait until the moment is right, and then act.And despite appearances, despite all indications to the contrary, despite reticence for fear of what others might think, I still felt we all possessed this quiet belief.A quiet belief in angels.”
“The claim that God answers prayer is contrary to reality.”
“Against all odds and despite all evidence to the contrary, still we trust that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, of our personal tunnel anyway.”
“We are all sinners who have been saved by Grace. We have not been saved from sinning, but we have been redeemed despite it".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]”