CQOD: 09/26/06 -- Berdyaev: reality or appearance?

Christian Quotation of the Day

September 26, 2006

Commemoration of Wilson Carlile, Priest, Founder of the Church Army, 1942

Meditation:
    And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
    -- Matthew 9:10-13 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    There is no longer any room in the world for a merely external form of Christianity, based upon custom. The world is entering upon a period of catastrophe and crisis when we are being forced to take sides, and in which a higher and more intense spiritual life will be demanded of Christians.
    ... Nikolai A. Berdyaev (1874-1948)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, help me choose only that which is authentically Yours and leave customs and forms behind.

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