Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 2003

Saturday, August 9, 2003

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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— Fyodor Dostoevsky —
"We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God."
— Dwight L. Moody —
"The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way.""
— Peter Kreeft —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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