For Every Mountain, There Is A Miracle.

Commit Yourself To A Dream. Nobody Who Tries To Do Something Great, But Fails, Is A Total Failure. Why? Because He Can Always Be Assured That He Succeeded In Life's Most Important Battle; He Defeated The Battle Of Not Trying.

The Emerging Church, Reformed According To The Needs Of Self-esteem-starved-souls Under The Lordship Of Christ.... Will Help Us To Affirm The Concept That 'while God's Ideas May Seem Humanly Impossible, He Will Give Us These Ideas Which Will Lead To Glorious, Self-esteem-generating Success.

Optimism Refuses To Believe That The Road Ends Without Options.

Roman Catholics Utter Their Papal Edicts, Protestants Quote Their Bible, Fundamentalists Declare Their Orthodox Theological Dogmas, And We Are All Expected To Renounce Private Reflection And Peacefully Acquiesce To These Pronouncements. And The Result Is That The Dignity Of The Person Is Violated By Such Oppressive, Intelligence-smothering Forms Of Communication.

... The Core Of Sin Is A Lack Of Self-esteem. ... Sin Is Psychological Self-abuse. ... The Most Serious Sin Is One That Causes Me To Say, 'i Am Unworthy. I May Have No Claim To Divine Sonship If You Examine Me At My Worst.' For Once A Person Believes He Is An 'unworthy Sinner,' It Is Doubtful If He Can Really Honestly Accept The Saving Grace God Offers In Jesus Christ.