Quotemeal for Friday, December 12, 2003

"When purity is reduced to legalism, our hearts are no longer free; they are focused more on maintaining rituals and customs than on living out a genuine character change."

— David Edwards

More Quotemeal

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

— Mark Finley —

"The name of Jesus is in my mind as a joyful song, in my ear a heavenly music, and in my mouth a sweet honey."

— Richard Rolle —

"We see in the risen Christ the end for which man was made, and the assurance that the end is within our reach."

— Brooke Foss Wescott —

"There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man..."

— Blaise Pascal —