Quotemeal for Sunday, January 5, 2020

"The real danger of legalism is that it produces a sense of attainment that short-circuits our call to live the life of Yes thorugh Christ. Self-achievement brings a false sense of assurance that somehow we can live a pure life in our own ability. This attitude ultimately leads us to cut ourselves off from the heart of God and, in turn, to deny our true identity in Christ."

— David Edwards

More Quotemeal

"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

— Martin Luther —

"Christ, by highest heaven adored,|Christ, the everlasting Lord,|Late in time behold him come,|Offspring of a virgin's womb.|Veiled in flesh the Godhead..."

— Charles Wesley —

"There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it."

— Charles Hedge —

"When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen:..."

— Edward Teller —