Quotemeal for Sunday, December 12, 2010

"I longed to be a flame of fire continually glowing in the divine service and building up of Christ's kingdom to my last and dying breath."

— David Brainerd

More Quotemeal

"Beware of cut-and-dried theologies that reduce the ways of God to a manageable formula that keeps life safe. God often does the unexplainable just to keep us on..."

— Warren Wiersbe —

"He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others."

— Robert G. Ingersoll —

"[King] David certainly was aware that his lust for power had become a barrier to inwardness. Careers, even religious careers, may become little more than forums..."

— Calvin Miller —

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

— Calvin Coolidge —