Quotemeal: Aug. 14th, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

"The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."
— John the Short

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— Robert L. Short —
"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."
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Illustration of John the Short — "The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."

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