Quotemeal: Aug. 30th, 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

"The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle."
— William Temple

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"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"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 —
"The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals."
— Abraham Joshua Heschel —
"Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can pull you out."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of William Temple — "The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle."

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