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“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”

― C.S. Lewis

“The only way to be really happy, in such a world as this is to be ever casting all our cares on God.”

― J.C. Ryle

I sent the following email five years ago to Dennis Prager, the insightful Jewish radio talk show host. Though I never heard back, I’m praying that one day the biblical truths in this letter will sink in.

“You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.”
— John Knox

“The greater are our affections, the deeper are our afflictions; and the more we love, the more we have to weep.”

― J.C. Ryle

“As the world is weary of me so am I of it.”
— John Knox

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Prayer is not a hard requirement—it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can pay to divine liberality.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one.”

― C.S. Lewis

“Humility and silence are beautiful graces in young people.”
― J.C. Ryle
(And old people.)