Quotemeal: May. 16th, 2009

Saturday, May 16, 2009

"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton

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"We never move on from the cross of Christ, only into a more profound understanding of the cross."
— David Prior —
"Receive each day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life."
— William Law —
"In the New Testament it is the work and not the workers that is glorified."
— Alfred Plummer —
"Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied."
— Richard J. Foster —

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Illustration of John Milton — "We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."

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