Quotemeal: Mar. 30th, 2004

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart

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"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
— C. S. Lewis —
"The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."
— John the Short —
"Our new cultural postmodern credo for avoiding sin is, "Hurt no one and do what you please." ... I much prefer Augustine's credo for avoiding sin: "Love God and..."
— Calvin Miller —
"He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
— John Piper —

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Illustration of Johannes Eckhart — "If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."

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