Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 1963

Tuesday, July 23, 1963

"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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"The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is."
— Patrick Morley —
"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
— Edgar Watson Howe —
"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.""
— St. Ambrose —
"Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray."
— Bishop Charles H. Brent —

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Illustration

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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