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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"He said 'Love...as I have loved you.' We cannot love too much."
— Amy Carmichael —
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— Thomas Watson —
"God has a history of using the insignificant to accomplish the impossible."
— Richard Exley —
"Christ is with those of humble mind, not with those who exalt themselves over his flock."
— Clement of Rome —

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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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