Quotemeal: Jul. 8th, 1954

Thursday, July 8, 1954

"The church exists by mission, as fire exists by burning."
— Emil Brunner

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"Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?"
— Martin Luther —
"We are Christians and strangers on this earth. Let none of us be frightened; our native land is not this world."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates —
"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also,...."
— Frederick Buechner —

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Illustration of Emil Brunner — "The church exists by mission, as fire exists by burning."

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