"Relevance is not a substitute for the Gospel, but an entry point for it"

-- Edward John Carnell

#Ministry Quotes #Substitutes Quotes #Relevance Quotes

“Soap is another article in great demand--the Continental allowance is too small, and dear, as every necessary of life is now got, a soldier's pay will not enable him to purchase, by which means his consequent dirtiness adds not a little to the disease of the Army.”
“I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.”
“I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.”
“I am not so think as you drunk I am.”

Source : Poems (1926) "In continuation of Pope on Newton." Cf. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1979) 378:7
“Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.”

Source : Benjamin Whichcote (1751). “The works of ... Benjamin Whichcote”, p.194
“Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites.”

Source : "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here", 1969.
“Overemphasis of efficiency leads to an unfortunate circularity in design: for reasons of efficiency early programming languages reflected the characteristics of the early computers, and each generation of computers reflects the needs of the programming languages of the preceding generation.”

Source : "Notation as a Tool of Thought". Cvommunications of the ACM, 23 (8), (pp. 444 - 465), August 1980.
“I think we'll be in pretty good shape. We've got the same car we ran in all the speedway races since 2001, and it's been a real good car for us. It's led every race we've been in.”

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