Quotemeal: May. 3rd, 2019

Friday, May 3, 2019

"Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity."
— R. C. Sproul

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"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"In his love he clothes us, enfolds us and embraces us; that tender love completely surrounds us, never to leave us."
— Julian of Norwich —
"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal —
"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
— William Temple —

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Illustration of R. C. Sproul — "Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity."

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