Quotemeal: May. 16th, 2001

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton

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"We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts."
— A. W. Tozer —
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
— Jim Elliot —
"Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals."
— Abraham Joshua Heschel —

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Illustration of John Milton — "We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."

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