First Reformed

If happiness came in pill size, it would have JC stamped on it.

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Michael Mensana: You believe in martyrdom, Reverend? Reverend Ernst Toller: I'm not sure I know what you mean. Michael Mensana: The Saints of God, the early Christians who wouldn't renounce their faith? The missionaries who were attacked in the fields of the Lord. Do you believe that they died for a purpose? Reverend Ernst Toller: I do. Michael Mensana: Well, every week, activists are killed trying to protect the environment.

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Reverend Joel Jeffers: The creation waits in eager expectation of liberation from bondage. That's Romans 8:23. You understand? Reverend Ernst Toller: So, we should pollute so God can restore? We should sin so God can forgive?

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Michael Mensana: Are you a drinking man, Reverend? Reverend Ernst Toller: It doesn't help.

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Reverend Ernst Toller: Well, somebody has to do something! It's the Earth that hangs in the balance. Reverend Joel Jeffers: Well what if this is His plan? What if we just can't see it? Reverend Ernst Toller: You think God wants to destroy his creation? Reverend Joel Jeffers: He did once. For 40 days and 40 nights.

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