Quotemeal: Oct. 23rd, 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005

"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."
— Frederick Buechner

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"All earthly delights are but "streams." But God is the ocean."
— Jonathan Edwards —
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— J. C. Ryle —
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— Edward Teller —

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Illustration of Frederick Buechner — "Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."

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