Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2005

Thursday, December 22, 2005

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

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"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations."
— Elton Trueblood —
"If Christ does not reign over the mundane events in our lives, He does not reign at all."
— Dr. Paul Tripp —
"A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had..."
— J. G. Holland —
"Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything."
— Gregory of Nyssa —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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