Quotemeal: Jul. 8th, 2026

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

"The church exists by mission, as fire exists by burning."
— Emil Brunner

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"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
— Martin Luther —
"A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."
— C. S. Lewis —
"If indeed there had been anything better and more profitable to the health of men than to suffer, Christ would surely have shown it by word and example."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'"
— William A. Ward —

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Illustration of Emil Brunner — "The church exists by mission, as fire exists by burning."

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