Quotemeal: Aug. 2nd, 2008

Saturday, August 2, 2008

"Let us learn more about the power of temptation in order to avoid it."
— John Owen

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"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin —
"A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself."
— Hans Kung —
"The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship."
— Martin Luther —
"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
— Plato —

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Illustration of John Owen — "Let us learn more about the power of temptation in order to avoid it."

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