Quotemeal: Jul. 1st, 2003

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

"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

More Quotemeal

"In Thy will is our peace."
Dante
"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."
Victor Hugo
"The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle."
"Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish."
Ovid

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Illustration of Frederick Ward Kates — "The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.