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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"The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
— Henry Ward Beecher —
"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 —
"God is, and all is well."
— John Greenleaf Whittier —
"And what kind of habitation pleases God? What must our natures be like before he can feel at home within us? He asks nothing but a pure heart and a single mind...."
— A. W. Tozer —

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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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