Quotemeal: Oct. 4th, 1954

Monday, October 4, 1954

"The Church is a society of sinners - the only society in the world in which membership is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership."
— Charles C. Morrison

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"Salvation is free, ... but discipleship will cost you your life."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people."
— Arthur Schopenhauer —
"How would telling people to be nice to one another get a man crucified? What government would execute Mister Rodgers or Captain Kangaroo?"
— Philip Yancey —

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Illustration of Charles C. Morrison — "The Church is a society of sinners - the only society in the world in which membership is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Monday, October 4, 1954

Passion for Praise
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'The Life of the Spirit' (Ga. 5:24-25)
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Praying with Paul
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'Renouncing Worldliness' (Ti. 2:4-14)
"Dear Father, Help me to be submissive to others' needs, to give them satisfaction, to show entire and true fidelity, so that in everything I may..."
Unstoppable!
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
'God Is Not Far from Us!' (Acts 17:27-30)
"[Paul, continuing his address to the council of the city of Athens: "God's] purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way...."

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