I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
Chinua AchebeMr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.
Chinua AchebeLiterature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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