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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— Charles H. Spurgeon —
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— Mark Twain —
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— Anselm of Canterbury —
"Men can heal lust. Angels can heal malice. God alone can cure pride."
— John Climacus —

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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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