Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 1955

Saturday, July 23, 1955

"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning

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"Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."
— G. K. Chesterton —
"The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ....."
— Oswald Chambers —
"There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely difficult to find, of living every day as though it were our last, and yet living in faith and..."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —

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Illustration of Charles F. Banning — "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

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