Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1959

Monday, August 17, 1959

"God is not a power or principle or law, but he is a living, creating, communicating person — a mind who thinks, a heart who feels, a will who acts, whose best name is Father."
— Robert Hamill

More Quotemeal

"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime."
"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."
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"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
Plutarch
"God writes straight with crooked lines."

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Illustration of Robert Hamill — "God is not a power or principle or law, but he is a living, creating, communicating person — a mind who thinks, a heart who feels, a will who acts, whose best name is Father."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.