Quotemeal: Apr. 23rd, 2011

Saturday, April 23, 2011

"None can sing a new song who has not the new life. But many who have the new life seem to have lost the song. The first thing that goes when we begin to backslide is the joy of the Lord."
— Evan H. Hopkins

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"Christianity isn't all that complicated … it's Jesus."
— Joni Eareckson Tada —
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus —
"The natural response to denials of Satan's existence is to ask, Who then runs his business?"
— J. I. Packer —
"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."
— Alfred Edersheim —

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Illustration of Evan H. Hopkins — "None can sing a new song who has not the new life. But many who have the new life seem to have lost the song. The first thing that goes when we begin to backslide is the joy of the Lord."

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