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

More Quotemeal

"He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of us."
"Persecution for righteousness' sake is what every child of God must expect."
"An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate."
"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own..."
— J. I. Packer —

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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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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.