Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2017

Friday, December 22, 2017

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

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— Corrie ten Boom —
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— A. W. Tozer —
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— David Edwards —
"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual..."
— Thomas à Kempis —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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