Quotemeal: Dec. 8th, 2006

Friday, December 8, 2006

"The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."
— G. K. Chesterton

More Quotemeal

"Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here alone that he perceives that he is no longer separated..."
— Emil Brunner —
"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 —
"A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery."
"It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end."

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Illustration of G. K. Chesterton — "The point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.