Quotemeal for Monday, August 19, 1963

"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."

— John Owen

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"Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful."

— Huldrych Zwingli —

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"The Gospels do not explain the Resurrection; the Resurrection explains the Gospels."

— John S. Whale —

"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also,...."

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