Quotemeal: Sep. 24th, 2021

Friday, September 24, 2021

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley

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"We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts."
— A. W. Tozer —
"The church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it."
— Jerome —
"Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels."
— Thomas Watson —
"The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you."
— Robert Louis Stevenson —

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Illustration of Mark Finley — "We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

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