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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"The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is."
— Patrick Morley —
"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."
— G. A. Studdert Kennedy —
"A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own..."
— Dorotheus of Gaza —
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, "That is mine!""
— Abraham Kuyper —

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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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