Quotemeal: Apr. 17th, 2005

Sunday, April 17, 2005

"Over the long run, love's power to forgive is stronger than hate's power to get even."
— Lewis B. Smedes

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"It is impossible to comfort men's hearts with the love of God when their feet are perishing with cold."
— William Booth —
"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates —
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —
"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 —

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Illustration of Lewis B. Smedes — "Over the long run, love's power to forgive is stronger than hate's power to get even."

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