Quotemeal for Sunday, October 14, 2007

"What God did makes sense. It makes sense that Jesus would be our sacrifice because a sacrifice was needed to justify man's presence before God. ... However, WHY God did it is absolutely absurd. When one leaves the method and examines the motive, the carefully stacked blocks of logic begin to tumble. That type of love isn't logical; it can't be neatly outlined in a sermon or explained in a term paper. ... It IS inexplicable. It doesn't have a drop of logic nor a thread of rationality. And yet, it is that very irrationality that gives the gospel its greatest defense. For only God could love like that."

— Max Lucado

More Quotemeal

"Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"When led by the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak."

— Lewis Sperry Chafer —

"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.""

— St. Ambrose —

"We all need love, but we need it most when we deserve it least — when we have sinned against someone, when we have made poor choices, when we have failed...."

— Barbara Rosberg —