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He has a way of drawing His loves back to Himself. A psyche separated from the peace (and the freedom) of Christ is liable to entangle itself in all sorts of folly and vanity, or confused witchcraft. On the one side it will preach, 'Empowerment!' But on the other it will scream, 'Oppression!' Yes, you now have the power to be oppressed: because as long as you look to be a victim, you will find yourself to be a victim.
He has a way of drawing His loves back to Himself. A psyche separated from the peace (and the freedom) of Christ is liable to entangle itself in all sorts of folly and vanity, or confused witchcraft. On the one side it will preach, 'Empowerment!' But on the other it will scream, 'Oppression!' Yes, you now have the power to be oppressed: because as long as you look to be a victim, you will find yourself to be a victim.
Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary
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- Criss Jami
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- Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary
Approximate author period, documented activity in 2011. Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile — edition catalogue. Catalogue identifies Criss Jami, a 2011 CreateSpace edition and ISBN 9781983682148; edition corroborated by Books-A-Million. This documents a writing period, not a quotation's source. This is NOT the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL39982262W/Salom%C3%A9 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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