Quotemeal: Jun. 2nd, 1963

Sunday, June 2, 1963

"It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms."
— C. S. Lewis

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"Religion is hanging around the cross, Christianity is hanging on the cross."
— Stephen Hill —
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— J. I. Packer —
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
— Jimmy Carter —
"Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with Him who alone can deliver us from solitude."
— Georges Lefevre —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms."

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