Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 2003

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

"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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"Christ has not only spoken to us by his life, but has also spoken for us by his death."
— Søren Kierkegaard —
"If God is a reality, and the soul is a reality, and you are an immortal being, what are you doing with your Bible shut?"
— Herrik Johnson —
"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 —
"Pride is what we have. Vanity is what others have."
— Author Unknown —

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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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