Quotemeal for Wednesday, November 29, 2023

"Those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises are in the greatest danger. ... familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off awe ... promises that drop the jaws or widen the eyes of newcomers but provoke no more than a raised eyebrow in the old-timers who have ceased to dream."

— Jim McGuiggan

More Quotemeal

"What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath."

— Thomas Watson —

"If absence makes the heart grow fonder, how some folks must love the Church!"

— Gerald I. Teague —

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

— Martin Luther —

"I have read Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and beautiful; but I never read in either of them: 'Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden...."

— St. Augustine of Hippo —