Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 2023

Sunday, July 23, 2023

"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning

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"Our faith and our friendships are not shattered by one big act, but by many small neglects."
— J. Gustav White —
"Spring bursts today, For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play."
— Christina Rossetti —
"It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt."
— Plutarch —
"God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon."
— Marshall Lucas —

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Illustration of Charles F. Banning — "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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