Quotemeal for Tuesday, January 23, 2018

"We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed!"

— A. J. Gossip

More Quotemeal

"Nothing can be said so clearly as to preclude the possibility of it being misunderstood."

— Philipp Melanchthon —

"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."

— Karl Barth —

"Unless the gospel is preached with contemporary relevance it has not been preached."

— Martin Luther —

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in..."

— Flannery O'Connor —