Quotemeal: Aug. 30th, 2003

Saturday, August 30, 2003

"How long must we wait until the fulfillment of the word of the Lord ... Will it be too late? Will we, or our children's children, be subsumed by the dragging, ever-present seduction of the glittering culture surrounding us? When the Lord calls, will anyone desire to listen?"
— Thom Lemmons

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Illustration of Thom Lemmons — "How long must we wait until the fulfillment of the word of the Lord ... Will it be too late? Will we, or our children's children, be subsumed by the dragging, ever-present seduction of the glittering culture surrounding us? When the Lord calls, will anyone desire to listen?"

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