Quotemeal: Aug. 22nd, 1959

Saturday, August 22, 1959

"Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."
— John Tillotson

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"The true character of ministry is a servant's heart."
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"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates —
"The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives."
— Brennan Manning —

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Illustration of John Tillotson — "Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."

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