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Blue Like Jazz (2003) (edit title/settings)

Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

by Donald Miller (Author) (edit contributors)

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I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened. In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God, but when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the... read more

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  • “The most difficult lie I ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me.”
  • “My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don't really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don't believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it's about who is smarter, and honestly I don't care.”
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  • believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I
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  • 'If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.'
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  • The problem is not out there; the problem is the needy beast of a thing that lives in my chest.
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  • Andrew is the one who taught me that what I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.
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  • If you don't love somebody, it gets annoying when they tell you what to do or what to feel. When you love them you get pleasure from their pleasure, and it makes it easy to serve. I didn't love God because I didn't know God.
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  • Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.
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  • I think Jesus feels strongly about communicating the idea of our brokenness, and I think it is worth reflection. Nothing is going to change in the Congo until you and I figure out what is wrong with the person in the mirror.
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  • The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all the power. Everybody is watching everybody else. It is as if the founding fathers knew, intrinsically, that the soul of man, unwatched, is perverse.
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  • I love to give charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.
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  • Our 'behavior' will not be changed long with self-discipline, but fall in love and a human will accomplish what he never thought possible. The laziest of men will swim the English channel to win his woman. I think what Rick said is worth repeating that by accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.
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I ONCE LISTENED TO AN INDIAN ON TELEVISION say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him or have Him brush your face in a breeze.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Beginnings: God on a Dirt Road Walking Toward Me
2. Problems: What I Learned on Television
3. Magic: The Problem with Romeo
4. Shifts: Find a Penny
5. Faith: Penguin Sex
6. Redemption: The Sexy Carrots
7. Grace: The Beggar's Kingdom
8. gods: Our Tiny Invisible Friends
9. Change: New Starts at Ancient Faith
10. Belief: The Birth of Cool
11. Confession: Coming Out of the Closet
12. Church: How I Go Without Getting Angry
13. Romance: Meeting Girls Is Easy
14. Alone: Fifty-three Years in Space
15. Community: Living with Freaks
16. Money: Thoughts on Paying Rent
17. Worship: The Mystical Wonder
18. Love: How to Really Love Other People
19. Love: How to Really Love Yourself
20. Jesus: The Lines on His Face

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  1. Donald Miller (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 17, 2003
ISBN: 0785263705
Page Count: 256

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  • Library of Congress: BR1725.M4465 A3 2003
  • Dewey: 277.3082092

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