Quotemeal: Oct. 4th, 2006

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

"The Church is a society of sinners - the only society in the world in which membership is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership."
— Charles C. Morrison

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome."
— Samuel Johnson —
"Our new cultural postmodern credo for avoiding sin is, "Hurt no one and do what you please." ... I much prefer Augustine's credo for avoiding sin: "Love God and..."
— Calvin Miller —
"If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped."
— Evelyn Underhill —

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Illustration of Charles C. Morrison — "The Church is a society of sinners - the only society in the world in which membership is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership."

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