Quotemeal: Dec. 12th, 1959

Saturday, December 12, 1959

"When purity is reduced to legalism, our hearts are no longer free; they are focused more on maintaining rituals and customs than on living out a genuine character change."
— David Edwards

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"If Christians had ever been brave enough to make Christ alive, nobody would now be saying that Christianity is dead."
— Winifred Kirkland —
"Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him."
— Ezra Taft Benson —
"True faith is never found alone; it is accompanied by expectation."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
— Robert Louis Stevenson —

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Illustration of David Edwards — "When purity is reduced to legalism, our hearts are no longer free; they are focused more on maintaining rituals and customs than on living out a genuine character change."

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