Quotemeal: Jul. 9th, 2012

Monday, July 9, 2012

"The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."
— Jerome

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"Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose... only [upon] the Beloved who will never pass away."
— C. S. Lewis —
"A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."
— C. S. Lewis —
"True faith is never found alone; it is accompanied by expectation."
— C. S. Lewis —
"He that returns good for evil obtains the victory."
— Thomas Fuller —

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Illustration of Jerome — "The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."

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