Quotemeal: Jul. 19th, 1963

Friday, July 19, 1963

"Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought."
— Walter Rauschenbusch

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"When I survey the wondrous cross,|On which the Prince of Glory died,|My richest gain I count but loss,|And pour contempt on all my pride."
— Isaac Watts —
"Do you wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to your neighbor."
— John Chrysostom —
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
— John Henry Newman —
"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first."
— Robert J. McKain —

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Illustration of Walter Rauschenbusch — "Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought."

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