Quotemeal for Monday, September 10, 2007

"It is not the uniqueness of 'Christianity' as a system that we defend, but the uniqueness of Christ. ... So, because in no other person but Jesus of Nazareth did God first become human (in his birth), then bear our sins (in his death), then conquer death (in his resurrection) and then enter his people (by his Spirit), he is uniquely able to save sinners. Nobody else has his qualifications."

— John R. W. Stott

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"Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility."

— John Climacus —

"Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it."

— Karl Barth —

"It is to no purpose to boast of Christ, if we have not an evidence of His graces in our hearts and lives. But unto whom He is the hope of future glory, unto..."

— John Owen —

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand."

— Madeleine L'Engle —