Bunyan: the benefits of jail

Sunday, August 8, 2010
    Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Meditation:
    And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
    —1 John 5:11-13 (NIV)
Quotation:
    I never knew all there was in the Bible until I spent those years in jail. I was constantly finding new treasures.
    ... John Bunyan (1628-1688), quoted in A Treasury of Sermon Illustrations, Charles Langworthy Wallis, ed., Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1950, p. 27 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your word is precious. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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